Hemilitron

Features

Issuer	Akragas (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	415 BC - 406 BC
Value	Hemilitron (½)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Bronze
Weight	22.40 g
Diameter	29.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 188938
References	CNS# 17 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , Westermark Akragas# 644 Ulla Westermark; 2018. The Coinage of Akragas c. 510–406 BC. Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (2 volumes). , SNG Munich 5# 104 Peter Robert Franke, Susanne Grunauer-von Hoerschelmann; 1977. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Staatliche Münzsammlung München / Heft 5. Sikelia. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany. , HGC 2# 133 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. , McClean# 2062 Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes).

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Obverse

Eagle facing right with spread wings, tearing at hare

Reverse

Crab holding a serpent in its claw; six pellets (mark of value) around, octopus and conch shell below.

Mint

Agrigentum, Sicily, modern-day Agrigento, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (415 BC - 406 BC)

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