311, Lot: 419. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Akragas. Circa 406 BC. AR Litra (12mm, 0.47 g, 8h). Eagle standing left on rock outcrop, tearing at snake held in talons / Crab; below, fish right. SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd 831; HGC 2, 114 var. Near VF, toned, porous. Rare.

From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection.

The style and types suggest this rare issue was struck around the same time that the city issued gold diobols.