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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iamtiberius, post: 2558251, member: 37707&quot;]A close friend of mine, whom I&#039;ve known since age 8, has decided to diversify his portfolio. The idea for him to purchase ancients probably didn&#039;t come up naturally; as It is heavily discussed any time he&#039;s in my presence (it&#039;s hard not to.) He gave me absolute reign in deciding what era he would be collecting and simply gives me an amount he&#039;d like to spend. Most of you know I&#039;m partial to large silver Greeks; and even more partial to the Early Hellenistic to Early Classical period. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just by coincidence, in one day&#039;s time, I had come across an auction that was ending in 18 hours after searching &quot;Akragas.&quot; The watch was on. I was pleasantly surprised to see it go far below our willing budget. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if there are many who would say &quot;My first ancient was an Akragas Tet from Sicily.&quot; I&#039;m quite envious; as this is one of the coins that have been on my radar for years. The stars never quite align; as I had an extremely busy summer of acquisitions. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]550977[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Akragas, Sicily. Circa 465/4-446 BC. Tetradrachm&nbsp; ΑΚRΑC - ΑΝΤΟΣ, Eagle standing left with closed wings / Crab within a shallow circular incuse. </p><p><br /></p><p>28mm</p><p>17.15g</p><p><br /></p><p>-Michael[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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