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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Akragas| > GB69009
Akragas, Sicily, 287 - 241 B.C.
|Akragas|, |Akragas,| |Sicily,| |287| |-| |241| |B.C.|, Zeus Hellanios may be translated as "Zeus worshiped by all Greeks." In Sicily, Zeus Hellanios was depicted without a beard, and so is often mistaken for Apollo. Zeus Hellanios may have been depicted on this coin type to help unify the Greeks against Carthage. It highlights a commonality among all Greeks and a distinction between them and the Phoenicians, who worshiped Melqart.
GB69009. Bronze trias, Calciati p 214, 134; SNG ANS 134; cf. SNG Morcom 541; SNG Cop 113 var. (Δ control letter on obv.); HGC 2 159, VF, nice patina, Akragas (Agrigento, Sicily, Italy) mint, weight 4.360g, maximum diameter 19.2mm, die axis 90o, 287 - 241 B.C.; obverse beardless and laureate head of Zeus Hellanios right; reverse two eagles left, hare in talons, nearest with head upright screaming, eagle behind head lowered on hare; SOLD











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