MADE TO ORDER - Sicily coin with Octopus, Dolphin & Arethusa
This listing is made to order, meaning I will make the pendant and ship within three weeks. Visit this page and download the Custom Order guide to all setting options (both in silver and gold).
Comes with certificate which guarantees authenticity and provides background information (listed below) on the acquired coin
This stunning coin is 21 mm in size and weighs nearly 7 grams. To appreciate its size, the relief of the coin and the shape of the bail, see the picture showing the coin next to a US quarter.
-- Coin information:
Sicily, Syracuse Bronze Onkia
Obverse: head of Arethusa to right
Reverse: [ΣYPA] before, dolphins flanking / Octopus; pellet (mark of value) below
Struck time of the Second Democracy, circa 435-415 BC
Syracuse (Greek: Συρακοῦσαι) was an ancient Greek city-state, located on the east coast of Sicily. The city was founded by settlers from Corinth in 734 or 733 BCE, and was conquered by the Romans in 212 BCE, after which it became the seat of Roman rule in Sicily. Throughout much of its history as an independent city, it was governed by a succession of tyrants, with only short periods of democracy and oligarchy. While Pindar addressed the Deinomenids as kings (basileus) in his odes, it is not clear that this (or any other title) was officially used by any of the tyrants until Agathocles adopted the title in 304
This listing is made to order, meaning I will make the pendant and ship within three weeks. Visit this page and download the Custom Order guide to all setting options (both in silver and gold).
Comes with certificate which guarantees authenticity and provides background information (listed below) on the acquired coin
This stunning coin is 21 mm in size and weighs nearly 7 grams. To appreciate its size, the relief of the coin and the shape of the bail, see the picture showing the coin next to a US quarter.
-- Coin information:
Sicily, Syracuse Bronze Onkia
Obverse: head of Arethusa to right
Reverse: [ΣYPA] before, dolphins flanking / Octopus; pellet (mark of value) below
Struck time of the Second Democracy, circa 435-415 BC
Syracuse (Greek: Συρακοῦσαι) was an ancient Greek city-state, located on the east coast of Sicily. The city was founded by settlers from Corinth in 734 or 733 BCE, and was conquered by the Romans in 212 BCE, after which it became the seat of Roman rule in Sicily. Throughout much of its history as an independent city, it was governed by a succession of tyrants, with only short periods of democracy and oligarchy. While Pindar addressed the Deinomenids as kings (basileus) in his odes, it is not clear that this (or any other title) was officially used by any of the tyrants until Agathocles adopted the title in 304
This listing is made to order, meaning I will make the pendant and ship within three weeks. Visit this page and download the Custom Order guide to all setting options (both in silver and gold).
Comes with certificate which guarantees authenticity and provides background information (listed below) on the acquired coin
This stunning coin is 21 mm in size and weighs nearly 7 grams. To appreciate its size, the relief of the coin and the shape of the bail, see the picture showing the coin next to a US quarter.
-- Coin information:
Sicily, Syracuse Bronze Onkia
Obverse: head of Arethusa to right
Reverse: [ΣYPA] before, dolphins flanking / Octopus; pellet (mark of value) below
Struck time of the Second Democracy, circa 435-415 BC
Syracuse (Greek: Συρακοῦσαι) was an ancient Greek city-state, located on the east coast of Sicily. The city was founded by settlers from Corinth in 734 or 733 BCE, and was conquered by the Romans in 212 BCE, after which it became the seat of Roman rule in Sicily. Throughout much of its history as an independent city, it was governed by a succession of tyrants, with only short periods of democracy and oligarchy. While Pindar addressed the Deinomenids as kings (basileus) in his odes, it is not clear that this (or any other title) was officially used by any of the tyrants until Agathocles adopted the title in 304
