Syracuse, Sicily 466-405 BC

Bronze hemilitron, 15 mm, 4.11 gm.
Obv. Head of Arethusa left, hair in a stephane, dolphin behind.
Rev. SURA within four spoke wheel, dolphins in lower quarters.

Second Democracy, struck ca. 405 BC.

Syracuse was founded in 734 BC. For a time it was the most powerful Greek city anywhere, often clashing with Carthage for control of Sicily. Syracuse sided with Sparta in the Peloponnesian War, defeating the Athenian invasion.