This simple and elegant bracelet has in its thick hand-welded ring, the replica of a Greek coin called decadrachma, found in Sicily.
This piece is made of yellow bronze its decadrachm. Maximum coin diameter 2.7cm
In the description below we will tell you the information about this beautiful coin.
This type of coin, the decadrachms, are one of the most beautiful and recognized in the ancient world and were minted by Dionysius I of Syracuse (405-367 BC). The Decadracmas were made of silver and came to serve not only as monetary exchange but also as a collector's item.
On its obverse it represents the nymph Arethusa, daughter of the river god Arcadius and famous hunter, on its reverse, a young naked Heracles, fighting against the Nemean lion. The face of Arethusa was the most appreciated of antiquity, all over the Mediterranean basin mints with her face were made.
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