Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 51. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Akragas. Circa 480/478-470 BC. AR Didrachm (8.65 g, 7h). AKRA, sea eagle standing left / CAΣ, crab within shallow incuse circle. Jenkins, Gela, group IV, pl. 37, 17 (same dies); SNG ANS 961 (same dies). VF, lightly toned, minor roughness.

It is highly unusual in Greek coinage for the legend to start on one side and finish on the other