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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Akragas| > GS21673
Akragas, Sicily, c. 510 - 472 B.C.
|Akragas|, |Akragas,| |Sicily,| |c.| |510| |-| |472| |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.
GS21673. Silver didrachm, SNG ANS 950, gVF, Akragas (Agrigento, Sicily, Italy) mint, weight 8.614g, maximum diameter 20.7mm, die axis 270o, c. 510 - 472 B.C.; obverse AK/RA, eagle standing right, wings closed; reverse crab viewed from above, within deep round incuse; SOLD










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