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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4556759, member: 110226"]Great examples, all! Thank you for your posts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a coin "in the pipeline", waiting for the situation to improve with the Royal Mail, I hope soon.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an example of an Æ hemilitron of Arkragas, Sicily, a coin that shows up with some frequency in auction and on fixed price lists.</p><p><br /></p><p>For a while I thought that the eagle clutching the dead hare might be alluding to a possible conflict between Arkragas and Messana, since the latter used the hare as a civic symbol on its coinage. However, I failed to find evidence of any conflict between these cities. Arkragas maintained a neutral stance during the Athenian expedition during the Peloponnesian War, and was actually allied with Syracuse and other cities in the conflict with Carthage, which ultimately resulted in the Carthaginians sacking Arkragas in 406 BC. </p><p><br /></p><p>Lot 274, Roma E-Sale 71</p><p><br /></p><p>Sicily, Akragas Æ Hemilitron. Circa 409-406 BC. Eagle standing right with wings spread, clutching dead hare in talons; barleycorn to right, AKPA upwards below wings / Crab; hippocamp to right below, six pellets around. CNS 17; HGC 2, 133 (same obv. die as illustration?). 22.73g, 32mm, 9h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good Very Fine; much remaining obv. detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>From a private European collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.romanumismatics.com/catalogue_images/auction/xlarge/16530.7.2_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4556759, member: 110226"]Great examples, all! Thank you for your posts. Here's a coin "in the pipeline", waiting for the situation to improve with the Royal Mail, I hope soon. This is an example of an Æ hemilitron of Arkragas, Sicily, a coin that shows up with some frequency in auction and on fixed price lists. For a while I thought that the eagle clutching the dead hare might be alluding to a possible conflict between Arkragas and Messana, since the latter used the hare as a civic symbol on its coinage. However, I failed to find evidence of any conflict between these cities. Arkragas maintained a neutral stance during the Athenian expedition during the Peloponnesian War, and was actually allied with Syracuse and other cities in the conflict with Carthage, which ultimately resulted in the Carthaginians sacking Arkragas in 406 BC. Lot 274, Roma E-Sale 71 Sicily, Akragas Æ Hemilitron. Circa 409-406 BC. Eagle standing right with wings spread, clutching dead hare in talons; barleycorn to right, AKPA upwards below wings / Crab; hippocamp to right below, six pellets around. CNS 17; HGC 2, 133 (same obv. die as illustration?). 22.73g, 32mm, 9h. Good Very Fine; much remaining obv. detail. From a private European collection. [IMG]https://www.romanumismatics.com/catalogue_images/auction/xlarge/16530.7.2_1.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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