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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Akragas| > GI83406
Akragas, Sicily, c. 415 - 406 B.C.
|Akragas|, |Akragas,| |Sicily,| |c.| |415| |-| |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.
GI83406. Bronze hemilitron, BMC Sicily p. 15, 86; SNG Cop 72, aVF, Akragas (Agrigento, Sicily, Italy) mint, weight 21.669g, maximum diameter 28.9mm, die axis 225o, obverse AKPAΓAINON, eagle standing right, head right looking upward, fish in talons; reverse crab holding eel in claws, surrounded by six pellets, murex and sepia below; nice green patina; very rare; SOLD











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