 
Syracuse 375-344 BC AE litra 6.86 g 1.85 cm 1.85 cm
obverse: hd Athena l wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with olive-wreath. 2 dolphins (in front ΣYPA
reverse: Hippocamp l with bridles
Calciati CNS II 44, Hoover HCS 1456
Munthandel G. Henzen February 1995
C Common
409-395 BC litra (Calciati)
additions obv.
C 41 pellet
C 42 pellet, dolphins
C 43 L indicative for Litra?
C 44 dolphins In this series reduction of weight (of the litra) from 9.3 to 5.0 g.
May also indicate a lengthening of the period of minting (see CALCIATI, 1986)
C 45 Most exemplars produced. Found all over Sicily.
Circulation for at least three decades (see CALCIATI, 1986)
C 46-61 Countermarked issues
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