Squid, octopi, and cuttlefish

Syracuse, Sicily AR Litra
"Arethusa & Octopus"
466-460 B.C.

 

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As a longtime fan of the Minoan octopus vase, I really regret the lack of ancient coins that make good use of the round format to show an octopus. The ones from Syracuse are not cheap in good condition and are small (silver litra 10-12mm or so).

 

sorry, I didn't have my info handy when I posted my coin ...

=> my coin must be the slightly chubby kid in the family?

Diameter: 13.1 mm
Weight: 0.67 grams

 

Yes, rotund one, you have quite a bit of extra flan on the bottom there outside the dots while mine has no dots even. They made these over a number of years with different styles. Note my rough dog of a coin had the whole city name while yours has SYPA.

 

Your 'rough dog of a coin' looks like it has a great looking octopus..

Great Octopi!
:thumb:

 

that's a GREAT coin stevex....awesome.