Triton XIX, Lot: 30. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Akragas. Circa 420-410 BC. AR Litra (13.5mm, 1.06 g, 2h). A pair of eagles standing right on the upturned body of a dead hare; the nearer eagle, with closed wings, screaming with its head reared and beak wide open; the further, flapping its wings and lowering its head to tear at the prey; AKPA-ΓANT-I-И[O]-Σ around / Crab; A between claws above; below, sea perch right. HGC 2, 116 corr. (photo labelled 115); SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd 829; Basel 263 = SNG Lockett 719; Dewing –; Gillet 350; Jameson 516; Rizzo pl. III, 6. Good VF, minor die break on obverse, light double strike on reverse. Struck on a broad flan. Very rare.