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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 415-406 BC. Æ Hemilitron (29.5mm, 22.40 g, 1h). Eagle, wings spread, standing right on, and tearing at, dead hare / Crab holding a serpent in its claw; six pellets (mark of value) around, octopus and conch shell below. Westermark, Coinage Period III, Series 2, 644 (2.O13/2:R21); CNS 17 (same dies as illustration); HGC 2, 133; SNG München 104 (same dies); McClean 2062 (same dies). Dark green patina, light earthen dusting, slight weakness to strike. VF.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Heritage, December 2013.
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