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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3028954, member: 10461&quot;]That&#039;s a great type, super history, and happily the break did not affect Libertas&#039; head- that&#039;s neat how it goes all around it but does nothing more than trim her hair a little.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my sole crabby ancient to date.&nbsp; I want another Akragas crab- in fact, I&#039;d love to find another (slightly nicer but not <i>too </i>nice and therefore expensive) example of this type with the ketos on it.&nbsp; I can&#039;t afford an Akragas tetradrachm, most likely- but boy, I&#039;ve always had a thing for those crabs, for some reason.&nbsp; (On <i>coins</i>, anyway.&nbsp; I don&#039;t like wading around them or eating them.)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Sicily, Akragas: silver hemidrachm, ca. 410-406 BC</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse- eagle right, clutching dead hare in its talons, barley grain behind.</p><p>Reverse- Crab, with ketos below, swimming left with fish in its jaws.</p><p><br /></p><p>16 mm, 1.8 g. SNG ANS 1012. Ex-Gitbud-Naumann, Germany, through VCoins store, 5/28/2014.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Ancient%20Coins-%20Greek%20and%20Roman%20Provincial/Sicily-Akragas-AR-hemidrachm-014588.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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