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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Akragas| > CM82347
Akragas, Sicily, c. 425 - 406 B.C.
|Akragas|, |Akragas,| |Sicily,| |c.| |425| |-| |406| |B.C.|, Located on a plateau overlooking Sicily's southern coast, Akragas was founded c. 582 B.C. by colonists from Gela. It grew rapidly, becoming second only to Syracuse in importance on Sicily but was sacked by Carthage in 406 B.C. and never fully recovered. It was renamed Agrigentum after it fell to Rome in 210 B.C.
CM82347. Bronze hemilitron, Calciati I p. 165, 10, Fair, countermark VF, Akragas mint, weight 7.697g, maximum diameter 20.8mm, c. 425 - 406 B.C.; obverse eagle right, wings open, head lowered, standing on hare; reverse crab, crayfish left below, six pellets around; countermark head (Herakles?) right (triple struck); SOLD











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