Didrachm

Features

Issuer	Akragas (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	500 BC - 495 BC
Value	Didrachm (2)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	8.48 g
Diameter	21.0 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 135195
References	Westermark Akragas# 109 Ulla Westermark; 2018. The Coinage of Akragas c. 510–406 BC. Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (2 volumes). , HGC 2# 94 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara) / Volume 2: Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , SNG Fitzwilliam# 901 Fritz Heichelheim. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume IV - The Fitzwilliam Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (8 volumes). , BMC Greek# 15 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG ANS 3# 921 Hyla A. Troxell; 1975. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 3. Bruttium-Sicily 1 (Abacaenum-Eryx). American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States.

Obverse

Eagle standing towards the left.

Script: Greek

Lettering: AKRA

Reverse

Crab with claws raised.

Mint

Agrigentum, Sicily, modern-day Agrigento, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (500 BC - 495 BC)

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