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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25888567, member: 10461&quot;]I love the Akragas coins with their crabs and eagles.&nbsp; Particularly this hemidrachm type mentioned below.&nbsp; With the eagle snatching a hare on the obverse and the Ketos (sea serpent) snatching a fish on the reverse, there’s a lot of predatory action going on here!&nbsp; But the <i>pièce de résistance</i> is, as always, the realistically rendered crab.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had a lower grade example of this type perhaps a decade or so ago, and after I sold it I always wanted another- slightly nicer- one, and vowed I’d do that someday.&nbsp; In fact, if I recall correctly, an Akragas crab was one of my numismatic New Year’s resolutions for 2024, so I’ve fulfilled that just before the year’s end.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>This is the lower grade example I used to own:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1649282[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, recently <a href="https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-F8ODFF/sicily-akragas-circa-420-410-bc-ar-hemidrachm-155mm-179-g-9h-vf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-F8ODFF/sicily-akragas-circa-420-410-bc-ar-hemidrachm-155mm-179-g-9h-vf" rel="nofollow">one came up on CNG</a>, but I was outbid on it (which usually happens to me in CNG auctions).</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I saw <a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=8555&amp;lot=93" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=8555&amp;lot=93" rel="nofollow">this example in a German auction</a> and was actually relieved to have lost on the CNG coin, because I actually like this one a little better.&nbsp; It might not be as high grade as the CNG coin, but it’s got the ideal grey contrasting toning I like on my old silver coins.&nbsp; (And this one is very old indeed!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Not only do I like it better, but it was also considerably less expensive than the CNG example turned out to be.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>This is the new example I just bought:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1649287[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here’s the auction description, Google-translated to English:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Post your “crabby” coins, if you have ‘em!&nbsp; Or other types from Akragas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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