SICILY, Akragas. Circa 480/78-470 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 8.30 g, 4h). VF.

Electronic Auction 563
Lot: 36.
Closing Date: Jun 5 2024 10:00 ET

Greek, Silver

Estimate: $ 400

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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 480/78-470 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 8.30 g, 4h). Sea eagle standing left / Crab; below, head of nymph right; all within incuse circle. Westermark, Coinage, Period I, Group IV, 275.29 (O87/R178 – this coin); HGC 2, 97. Deep old collection tone, traces of find patina, some porosity, old scratches, scrapes and marks. VF.

Ex Auktionshaus Wendt (Numismatica) 13 (9 November 1976), lot 56; Karl Hollschek Collection (Part XIII, Dorotheum, 26 April 1961), lot 907; Lestranges Collection (Egger [XXIII], 26 November 1909), lot 101.


Closing Date and Time: 5 June 2024 at 10:11:40 ET.

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