CNG 100, Lot: 1261. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6005. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Akragas. Circa 460-450/46 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.12 g, 6h). Sea eagle standing left on Ionic capital; AKRAC-ANTOΣ (partially retrograde) around / Crab; floral design below; all within shallow incuse circle. Lee Group II; HGC 2, 79; cf. SNG ANS 981/982 (for obv./rev. type); SNG Lloyd 807–8; Basel 254 (same dies); Gillet 348; Randazzo 16; Rizzo pl. I, 7. Good VF, deeply toned, a few tiny marks under tone. Well centered on a broad flan.