The coins of the ancient Greek colony of Syracuse are amongst the most elegant types of currency in antiquity. The female image on them is the water Nymph Arethusa. The river-God Alpheios became her suitor, but Arethusa was not willing to give in- so,she turned to Goddess Artemis for help. Artemis turned the Nymph into an underground water stream,which emerged as a spring in the island of Ortygia, the future site of Syracuse. On the coins, the lovely image of Arethusa is surrounded by dolphins, which were very common in the Sicilian waters during the classical Ages.
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