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| 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. |
| SH56732. Bronze hemilitron, Calciati I p. 172, 6; SNG ANS 1029; SNG München -; SNG Cop -, aF, weight 13.624 g, maximum diameter 24.9 mm, die axis 90o, Akragas mint, c. 425 - 406 B.C.; obverse AKPA, eagle left, wings open, head lowered, clutching dead hare in talons; reverse crab, crayfish left below, three pellets flanking claws on each side (six total), all within a shallow round incuse; $225.00 (€173.25) |
| 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.
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| GB63875. Bronze hexas, Calciati I, p. 190, 76/1 (same reverse die), Tooled, weight 7.946 g, maximum diameter 18.3 mm, die axis 180o, Akragas mint, c. 425 - 406 B.C.; obverse eagle right, wings open, head lowered, standing on hare; reverse crab, pellets outside each claw, two fish right and curving upwards below; the ealge's feathers and perhaps other features have been enhance by modern engraving; $100.00 (€77.00) |
| 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, weight 7.697 g, maximum diameter 20.8 mm, Akragas mint, 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); $55.00 (€42.35) |
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