Cook Islands

2023 Cook Islands Silver $5 Arethusa PCGS PR70DCAM RGUTH079

2023 Cook Islands Silver $5 Arethusa PCGS PR70DCAM RGUTH079
2023 Cook Islands Silver $5 Arethusa PCGS PR70DCAM RGUTH079
2023 Cook Islands Silver $5 Arethusa PCGS PR70DCAM RGUTH079
2023 Cook Islands Silver $5 Arethusa PCGS PR70DCAM RGUTH079

2023 Cook Islands Silver $5 Arethusa PCGS PR70DCAM RGUTH079

Attractive pure one-ounce silver antique finish to this popular water nymph from Greek and Roman mythology. This coin appears a replica from ancient issues that placed her image in a field surrounded by dolphins.

Perhaps a tale of unrequited love, she chose to remain chaste in service to Artimus, and was forced into hiding. Her watery journey beneath the earth took her to see Persephone (Proserpina) wed to the lord of the underworld Hades (Pluto), which she would later report to Demeter (Ceres), concerned for her missing daughter. Legend has it she remains in hiding as the Fountain of Arethusa in Syracuse.

31.1 grams 99.9% Ag (Silver). Holder: Gold Shield (standard with PCGS TrueView imagery). PCGS Set Registry-100 Greatest Women on Coins. This set is based on Ron Guth's book of the same name.

This coin satisfies slot 079 for Arethusa. Currently 85 coins are needed to complete this set.

The remaining fifteen coins are only available in ancient coinage (with a few recent exceptions). These will become required to complete the set if and when PCGS grades ancients. To find all such offerings search for RGUTH. ALL coins are graded by a reputable third-party grader.
2023 Cook Islands Silver $5 Arethusa PCGS PR70DCAM RGUTH079