Greek Decadrachm (ten-drachma coin) of Syracuse showing a head of the nymph Arethusa surrounded by dolphins. This is the so-called ‘Demareteion, dated to 480-479 BC because of a presumed connection with Queen Demarete, wife of Gelon, ruler of Syracuse. Ma

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