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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Akragas| > GI69934
Akragas, Sicily, c. 425 - 406 B.C.
|Akragas|, |Akragas,| |Sicily,| |c.| |425| |-| |406| |B.C.|, Akragas was founded early in the 6th century by colonists from Gela. It was second only to Syracuse in importance on Sicily but was sacked by the Carthaginians in 406 B.C. It was renamed Agrigentum after it fell to Rome in 210 B.C.
GI69934. Bronze tetras, Calciati I p. 181 ff., 55; SNG Cop 77; SNG ANS 1045; SNG Munchen 133; SNG Morcom 523; HGC 2 140, F, nice green patina, Akragas (Agrigento, Sicily, Italy) mint, weight 6.432g, maximum diameter 21.7mm, die axis 0o, c. 425 - 406 B.C.; obverse AKPA, eagle standing left, wings open, head downward, hare right legs up in its talons; reverse crab, three pellets over crayfish left below; SOLD




  







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