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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Akragas| > GI90781
Akragas, Sicily, 240 - 212 B.C.
|Akragas|, |Akragas,| |Sicily,| |240| |-| |212| |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.
GI90781. Bronze AE 22, Calciati I p. 226, 145; SNG Cop 124; SNG ANS 1147; BMC Sicily p. 22, 155; HGC 2 157 (S), gF, cleaning scratches, small edge flaw, Akragas (Agrigento, Sicily, Italy) mint, weight 7.268g, maximum diameter 22.4mm, die axis 180o, 240 - 212 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse AKPAΓANTINΩN, eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, wings open, head right; scarce; SOLD










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