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Message:: [QUOTE="ancientnut, post: 2518821, member: 73212"]I will post this new acquisition even though I just won it in CNG 103. I have been looking for an Akragas tetradrachm to add to the collection for quite some time. This is another example of how the same coin can look very different depending upon how it is photographed. It was said recently in this forum that CNG takes the best coin photos. That may be true if you wish to see a coin with all its defects and blemishes, which perhaps is the best way to see it. Here is the photo from CNG 103: [ATTACH=full]536744[/ATTACH] Akragas, Sicily, AR tetradrachm, c 460-446 BC, 23 mm, 17.37 g, 12h. OBV: Sea eagle with closed wings, standing left on dotted line; AKRAGANTOS above and retrograde below / REV: Crab; flower with tendrils below; all within shallow incluse circle. Lee Group II; HGC 2, 79 (R1); SNG ANS 983 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1671; Jameson 505 (same dies); Randazzo 15; Rizzo plate I, 11-12.Purchased September 14, 2016, Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. Auction 103, lot 62.Ex: Nomos 11, 9 October 2015, lot 25.Ex: James Howard Collection, Roma Numismatics Auction VIII, 28 September 2014, lot 58. Here is the photo from Nomos 11:[ATTACH=full]536745[/ATTACH] Here is the photo from Roma VIII:[ATTACH=full]536746[/ATTACH]Post your CNG 103 acquistions![/QUOTE]