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Didrachm of Akragas (Agrigentum) with eagle
Greek
Classical Period
472–413 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Akragas (Agrigentum)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 8.94 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.427
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0229.
DescriptionObverse: Eagle standing right, wings closed.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Freshwater crab.
Below, young head right, with necklace.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Freshwater crab.
Below, young head right, with necklace.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Northwick Collection; 1859: Sotheby auction of the Northwick collection, sale catalogue, no. 242 according to Regling and Brett catalogues; by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 195); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren