Got Crab? - Akragas Crab & Eagle Tetradrachm - Yum

I'm one of the lucky people that got to see the OP coin in person - what a great coin! I'm glad you found it. I suppose if you don't find the coin you're looking for at NYINC, you aren't trying hard enough.

 

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Fair enough.

 

Eh...I didn't mean you. Your tastes are far more esoteric than most! lol

 

Love the posts---but I'm starting to get more and more jealous of TIF

I think I have lost track of what has been posted..

But here's an Agathocles of Syracuse and a sellers photo of Hieron and Poseidon with an upside down trident

 

Well, I may as well toss-in a couple of older examples from Akragas & Selinos ...

=> these ol' AE cast sweeties haven't been out for a while ...

Sicily, Akragas, AE Cast Onkia (1 Onkia)
450-440 BC
Diameter: 19 mm
Weight: 4.62 grams
Obverse: Eagle's head left
Reverse: Crab claw left




Sicily, Selinos, AE Cast Onkia (1 Onkia)
450-440 BC
Diameter: 15 mm
Weight: 4.14 grams
Obverse: Kantharos; pellet (mark of value) above
Reverse: Selinon leaf




Sicily, Selinos, AE Cast Tetras (3 Onkia)
450-440 BC
Diameter: 21 mm
Weight: 11.64 grams
Obverse: Facing Gorgoneion
Reverse: Selinon leaf; three pellets around




Sicily, Akragas, AE Cast Trias (4 Onkia) ... "The Bullet"
450-440 BC
Diameter: 14 x 19 x 20 mm
Weight: 16.28 grams
Desc: Eagle standing left & crab on sides, four pellets on base

 

What a great coin, Collect. Your other big Sicilian silvers are enviable as well!

Here's a little litra from Abakainon. The town is not on your map, but it should be just around the 9 o'clock region of your Messana coin.



SICILY, Abakainon
AR Litra
0.58g, 12.5mm
Circa 450-400 BC
HGC 18
O: Bearded head with shaggy hair right.
R: ABA, Boar standing left; acorn before.

 

I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to limit my collection to stater-size silver of Magna Graecia, so posting coins of that area would include most of my collection! Not that it would be a daunting task. Since I limit myself to quality instead of quantity and am selling off many which don't fit, I have 16 Magna Graecia coins.

 

I did the math. It is $37,322 per pound.

 

what a great grab! that eagle isn't chopped liver either though, and cool legend....i didn't know about the boustrophendon thing either..neat! lovely coin, i like you second pics as well, shows the shape nicely and make the eagle look a little sweeter!

here's my favorite coin from sicily, no crab but it does have a nice eagle!



Sicily, Syracuse, 4th Republic, Late 3rd Century BC
O: Zeus Hellanios R: Eagle on thunderbolt, SNG Cop 788, 21 mm, 16.4 g

 

Scored this crab while bottom feeding. Its a good coin despite my eagle looking like a pigeon.

Sicily, Akragas
AR Nomos (BC 510-500)
24 mm x 8.30 grams.
Obverse: Eagle with closed wings standing l., AKRAC-ANTOS around
Reverse: Crab.
Ref: ANS 911. Dark gray toning

 

Great new score, Noob ...

=> in ancient times, the eagles and pigeons lived in harmony on the shores of Akragas