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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 25900208, member: 51347&quot;][ATTACH=full]1649788[/ATTACH]</p><p>SICILY, Akragas. </p><p>Æ Onkia, 16mm, 3.8g, 12h; 425-406 BC, </p><p>Obv.: AKP-A, Eagle right, with head turned back; below fish, in left field, fly.</p><p>Rev.: Crab, above pellet, below conch shell. </p><p>Reference: CNS I 84; SNG ANS 1062 var. (obv. type left).</p><p>Ex: [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>Seller&#039;s Comments:&nbsp; On the southern coast of Sicily, Akragas (modern-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrigento" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrigento" rel="nofollow">Agrigento</a>) was one of the most important colonies of ancient Magna Graecia, boasting a population of 100,000 to 200,000 people. Akragas came to prominence during the 6th century BC, under the tyrants Phalaris and Theron. However, after the brief and brutal reign of Theron’s son Thrasydaeus, the citizens of the city opted for a democracy, which lasted until the Carthaginian sack of 406. The city never quite recovered from that, although it did experience a period of revival under the 3rd-century ruler Timoleon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Various eagle and crab types are well-known as didrachms, but they also occur in bronze. It would seem that all of the bronze issues are rare, probably because bronze does not survive the vicissitudes of time as well as silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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