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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Akragas| > GI79946
Akragas, Sicily, c. 450 - 439 B.C.
|Akragas|, |Akragas,| |Sicily,| |c.| |450| |-| |439| |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.
GI79946. Silver litra, SNG Cop 47; SNG ANS 989; SNG Munchen 76; BMC Sicily p. 9, 50; HGC 2 121 (R1), VF, light toning, die break obverse right, tight flan, scratches, porosity, Akragas (Agrigentum, Sicily, Italy) mint, weight 0.500g, maximum diameter 9.6mm, die axis 90o, c. 450/446 - 439 B.C.; obverse AK-RA (cclockwise from upper right, reversed Latin R), sea eagle standing left on Ionic capital; reverse crab seen from above, ΛI (mark of value below); SOLD











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