Didrachm

Features

Issuer	Akragas (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	500 BC - 495 BC
Value	Didrachm (2)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	8.38 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 561380
References	Westermark Akragas# 131-141 Ulla Westermark; 2018. The Coinage of Akragas c. 510–406 BC. Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (2 volumes). , SNG ANS 3# 926-929 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. , HGC 2# 93 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# 900 Fritz Heichelheim. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume IV - The Fitzwilliam Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (8 volumes). , SNG Munich 5# 40 Peter Robert Franke, Susanne Grunauer-von Hoerschelmann; 1977. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Staatliche Münzsammlung München / Heft 5. Sikelia. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany. , SNG Delepierre# 520 Hélène Nicolet-Pierre, Georges Le Rider; 1983. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France / Volume 1. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France. , BMC Greek# 12 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).

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Obverse

Sea eagle standing left.

Script: Greek

Lettering: AKRA

Reverse

Crab within shallow incuse circle.

Mint

Agrigentum, Sicily, modern-day Agrigento, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (500 BC - 495 BC)								$ 3100

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Examples of the type

Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. France 1. Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre n° 520

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BMC Greek (Sicily) p. 6, 12

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Stacks Bowers January 2022 NYINC Auction Lot 4101	14 Jan 2022	XF (NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 5/5)	USD 7500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Stacks Bowers
	CNG Auction 118 Lot 47	13 Sep 2021	XF	USD 2750.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 123 Lot 110	9 May 2021	XF	USD 3476.85 (CHF 2750.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	CNG Auction 87 Lot 200	18 May 2011	XF	USD 2500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Ars Classica XIV, 1929, 74; Busso Peus 340, 1994, 100
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Triton XXII Lot 108	8 Jan 2019	XF	USD 2500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.