SICILY, Akragas. Circa 415-406 BC. Æ Hemilitron – Hexonkion (27mm, 13.31 g, 9h). Near VF.Electronic Auction 572 The John Morcom Collection of Western Greek Bronze Coins, Bronze Sold For $ 160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 415-406 BC. Æ Hemilitron – Hexonkion (27mm, 13.31 g, 9h). Eagle, wings spread, standing right on, and tearing at, dead hare; leaf to right / Crab; below, hippocamp right; six pellets (mark of value) in fields. Westermark, Coinage, Series 5, 792 (5:O7/R14 – this coin illustrated); CNS 17 A corr. (hare, not turtle; pellet, not shell, before hippocamp); HGC 2, 136; SNG Morcom –. Dark green patina, some porosity. Near VF. |