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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 5419559, member: 83175&quot;]OK - Akragas/Agrigento.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve only 2 coins of Akragas - the ruins are more interesting than my coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first is from just before the Carthaginian sack of the city in 406BC:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_AkragasAE20.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze Trias</p><p>Obv. Eagle right with spread wings holding hare in talons, which it attacks with its beak</p><p>Rev. Crab above crayfish left, 3 pellets between</p><p>Mint: (425-406BC)</p><p>Wt./Size/Axis: 10.21g / 20mm / 2h</p><p>References:</p><ul> <li>SG 1023</li> <li>Forschner 387</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>The second is from a little after.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze Hemilitron</p><p>Obv.: ΑΚΡΑΓΑΣ - Horned head of Akragas left, wearing tainia</p><p>Rev.: Eagle standing left on Ionic column, head right; crab to left. Value mark ... / ... to right</p><p>Mint: Akragas (ca. 400-380 BC)</p><p>Wt./Size/Axis: 14.96g / 25mm / 6h</p><p>References:</p><ul> <li>HGC 2, 139</li> </ul><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_AkragasHemilitron.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_AkragasHemilitron_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I had a few days between jobs in 2015 and went to Rome and Sicily to see where the nice coins come from.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got to Agrigento (via Segesta &amp; Selinunte) late at night and this was the view from my room of the Valley of The Temples - it&#039;s a misnomer as it&#039;s not a valley, the temples are on high ground.</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3s-LnYyMX69i_6NPkgZL8aesbij6H82_lnKJc09eSYjjA4Y9l5cQsnWnzMmoMrWMIoX2dkHpDOkguVXpdJtH9MFuciG1zg0LOQ_x54WnCyUveMpXGfSy4VDMM0AOdacoi6TH3ti3O9AMxD3CXkwc_1a-ap43spUOHFLPe6VRQTZobRyDyU9qN563QM8v37t_SThN1MlP_0Rl4Pgt73jf4pm30z9XzNWPAjq3yLNDMNNpos3UpEc-0x8ouyik_yZiK59Y421SuATv0PYepnD45w7mWTZz4Veor7A6U7VnMZIFS0yxKH6RsZvwU03_AVOKuvLBlT2XF2nzf456yQ0wbxTOsgbiAo0vR2K47KUn3vZGVZYL86XfvtZVhbqTCEZghynKOZo-4Vo71vJHLgDAYNzBjyjdfweYllcBMQb_sV2kWjfo4ILO9lLTKEjU-pHZm_UbQhG7sGZfqhfbsxZUwrZcjLlhYwN4SYo4MpfWSaFw87J7d_f80FpBwWmUaTaCSGN7bAt4tL0PgjKVlS0lKTQAkTC4QhW9crPn7HCy2rDkx3uSvyapPxobJPxwwgt0pyGTKQzH3RONiXu48evC8qgEzO9CuR8m6CAhf5rznbydGShtxztFpNxNW4L_3idVAp4b_Cgf-1oBFjmi051ImwW-maaM0ASfrWaFhBhmCARILCiJ_SdvsVhalKcD8h0=w2547-h1910-no?authuser=0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Temple of Concordia by daylight (middle one above).&nbsp;&nbsp; I believe its original dedication is unknown; it was later re-dedicated to Cosmas &amp; Damian as a Christian church and there is a theory it was originally dedicated to two gods.&nbsp;&nbsp; In fact, as far as I recall, the original dedications of all the temples here are far from certain.</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/s1jB5O3bPmfAALVoi3SmQr1Tw-GtRkyX7H1rN56YseUH69r4L6vQdNj4A1dtkFOlpr2uXwY4zlPKKF_MeXo2WdBtKAyw81O71rF3uHGg1TAqm7tz28c6e_Rb08J736dU7nmjfoCeG5ip8qXRTlg2sEHnV13LTd6WuHm72WsbWqOEUt28QjDS5aqAIwkVQQKyO8aLSUFfWKfG9jF0Cm5mlUPYuHoCAMZE7p3q6X2pWVhX1Krix2RsYvA0bTpLaYqV2Z4ULkC0czzcMwzxKb67PVTBy8LrvLqe1uTpAuOlG4tqLQ33NxuP62arHL-ObGxBGkcB810G5rGOV-jWMVA5Gzpl67ADiseiYN-QvfTk1L-plAOmwX5Z9msr9OoiU-FA3LfCwTJ0cT8hvjqv8pp5kqMGUBhsMPa33zRmoQdUMoeaEGRSJJxALcx3pyDhT4pmP8IRFQBRzK3ZLOrM9CLLRRNDzLowInleU1xMUDrFoWk-1447yLcTJbYBqZ4DD-cUMtuCItfinpZNLfalIF2n5usgeP9W23OGIKb5Kd51hL-yDhMSIla7UWI0s6YA_qmt8qOPHvKuz9HKiRRylkOTCOT0Gf5vYfiWSGvXpG4uzY5n-SVsRkYPPiYsvxNcZ0NBk-pt8zeAWO1-2OU9ziFt0VrAOKWH9UwdOIwa_L35wl5bFCXtdHXjD2ueu7zVMBo=w2547-h1910-no?authuser=0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Temple of Juno (on right in first picture).</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/65bhNzphevxeKHyTGChcky2Ic9FcAcC5uoyGxuWAQTXEwKRJjlwd72OqM3MmEIVx_JmJWiErq5-l_vLyPtwavfe1PS_XG956e9toWaK8Jnk0hDHHtadHfqMVWvHf9PbXbRWJ6ZGkP_yI5SneJfnsrBaZMrQhFxaIkWCtRsRo7Z4KRBrwqWinpoDSb2NJ_R4iLsCStXa6VsU2g9V0zSb1CvcGZDU_9UAtQmR4WE5xLw4efaV9HvlF3RysCWLA9gLuwVT6WE-ldrBaxyVdSLOEqxRtk2n_b7yaFO6rBdwlrIIdjIp5EGALrFQDbYHWX9aGUM-pkM3Ui14OvUNKBLgPNtvjllA329TUIrcnMHFMjc2M4D86rHGcBoS-m6WjLgGfzaDbRcNOShhygohoD1WpgcHat4PXhO0i4wVsrMttAE_8F2uJ4P1GUAlXlm2NfD5v1oTSMhf2gu-augDtlfWrTF6fHD07JlTud3J3RzTnlnfTvX-1AK_GgHcJ-xZnaIm5nQuDynpALSNzUeJ5GH--mT7kd4VcWLZt1R7dwjt3M45K2CHBRJ_m16MYQEUi58yOwvwRrTIR6Am_m6eXnkbMtaL3sszZl3drVacshjGguSw2sByZZ62fPdAcl7gmGwAPmSibdN6bJ1fBlN4twaBwJQrG4Qx5alrOfZ3zivXIEgjVCfBdSkc9UmmOMv5cAwM=w2547-h1910-no?authuser=0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Temple of Heracles (on left in first picture)</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/IRKOBDmpF7GJmRqXnbxXUbR0d35IV7elLT7Afd3HfT8c996cG6SxboxDg0C1RSggPKh4P6QQjVzCQrWn5fCJZHKZDWQ7-ZxhFY__8Ql4DPI6wCFYVwFoVgaUCVriBgRK4D1WqqjyOzXyq5J5DczhHzh8va9rnTPtzp8GZQH2AP72cyY_ZtosAraIhKv30HGKk0YUzgTKoAMtfvkBCkrWmzDaOEAlbpmpl-QNHlf0KYuilcdd1rZBCukSzwfwkkvOYqSkXDobTxgxiBhiSk9IbML8jmwjbWpZF4uG4qAzJEw-D08cUvC0vwxkAg9dgJy5AAhD88p2BCiT7fduCZK80hiwv-d1ySQN1DBwYH7F5xjVNt8v__Zmn_t_ds2ewHwvCwENTDCK_eX01ACgBPo_BCRL1GyzyAWRCSIhLp4VZh8Q-0OdWFSGRPZCYqR-XZ0d0KY6lttN1oIotTYHCy9fwp61z2gYw7umZVOk0niZy1tE7_JXR3CfxGkTNUd_WTXAbT3vnBairfUpq-QzPSXIWHujDKPphA2Nxr1ETPCmH144zCDYVuoYxnym4OK-K0oFBq6yfz2P7Gq9RAq46OzXRytOh81wZKDVWxjNoEWYyZdZn3PhLbEBD98mIecKxH7cm0-sQ3TIsr8ZJzqiFe-m1ajNxu0U_jtj6MfDHKUlzgJNRhKa60GAQD0FaVq-gPw=w2547-h1910-no?authuser=0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Temple of Zeus.&nbsp;&nbsp; Well, an Atlas from the temple.&nbsp;&nbsp; This was the largest Doric temple in the Greek world, though the remains are fragmentary.&nbsp;&nbsp; The last destruction of it was in the 1700s, when a much of the stone was carted away to build a harbour.</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mTp6fFu1UPIwBh_jjSXqINIZxzfiSSg4DKg-gPf_cliB_Q6J2jS9Eucoqjz3dGrtGQBD-4YM1g_x2MAzJOjbr8ND0i7YRUdRQFCRi9vj_kn892YHKw8gIDQwtHU_df5RNQ6eSTk-t9fMepog_6KdeEHILAqlend3WQ9PRiX2zh9mF2gP_pc90nb2gFnfGv7SKCRW2d-9jf5I-OqeNJA49yF_JoU-YmXmT7vfi5jVd9Seyv2si0GwJUF6oWeHPIBY0xHUOwluM8aRZg8DDGRVcB64_6V8LY92H1zqljWK3C_82bUXBdsmtwC8PT92MR69Nh3Zj0BpbPKZgtazq5jAn4HG0zGLstVyV5YRdjmqRyZ861lHCHiQKrKbJjwEsjCJRUcN1_3xES-YuCyRusyDuqiY0JtnQ5u6BK4loLQv1LF_6vhiIpResy7cCCIHs6kfgNLmVpxF8XbCQpHIiDxhRxP4F7rCAY_gPDo2Vgc55IPEd9kBoQC5ODoF4jM_zjL_VGPEYaUeYIPioMr74B0It1BZqnL4RM5hqylclgF7BEIdsrpuqYIkkHX4tzniNC0BMjBKve7oX-w0ucWuHtHKvqrUAjDsrcRqxMGB0A0Nw4pyiHQndCi-IMZHgwjgE5xEyxs5Hjntmnk2Gtc338QKuOxZjtuxDJUw_Rvaai4RBMa70RM13sbrSfMLupwT1yI=w2547-h1910-no?authuser=0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Several huge Atlases apparently supported the roof.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/W-jAPD7Le6bunHHmiPEUx1vSGhOjZcpLu8lrzO_ZYNUKN07bOGA_FdHD5L8Jc3D8R7M6l413dEva3S8YmU4WjVrIkhL2L4yPczv8JS1tkCbXZGeDbV-7T_QOoUydwZ6KyP3XrDVnSfv4il5Gyo3dSCW4xmXkhNNc3DBzpwawCkOe-h5WmFSM5OLv88OrNbxBeNga8hj__Y-HirBllwALhMBitJuFhVD0ipeuhklc1GmehCvlzSf1wj2YQIIh-Sa9uXixFlpf8UAJRj-iiUFsdlZWtTqsasdmEkGNDphEFTP3pDI7EVtbY5I8n5j64A8x6N-0HA0Qes9A5mfli6lbmJSlrdQkmTYNdlZD56hkNsdd7sSvnchv6Ytfeh8OcCH6_8_hNDw3spVu38deQIhkJrk3e_GxSC2rpWpTX9h98xZAyQdgAEyxXkjpeaoat4E3IfaId_Lz4TKS5IMOnSMARVcTse-mrNfZwxRn12WIKRd09v_gU9vslB977s2z11kzg5gYzMcPSh-eP9Lj9wpemxYNB1-Xkc9Ikwav5NRf4nl4cNM_tXnrvXPxZKFo_VT-9WxJKJEuf_RBvrEaAht6bL2DPNCt609Qpq-vZVc046-PFeMFx6DqBqM2k_TzlZw2FRJ2nqgvD-2cbXFrQc-LgN7B4QxVKgLSeXYAVzQzsnHtymObv4sKUJ6WKcGipyM=w2547-h1910-no?authuser=0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fRrsg55rr0JWWvzOcpxly7_QhcZH4Ipho_Po2ejhEvc7SPsqCnR2MUyjv_RUVftoZPhHBYI-mdytAzCIO2mnlXVmklMeG718YLk1CgX7vkO3GIw7YK94ahLKryahwPOarNMJAqhWS7W_80lSg9V2FEe-FXd8N_aV2hVSj04_L4EPWuf8GyW44V69m35sfIoW8P_b2D3-YbrOQyTXZJBnQsyBVG32Dp-02_eXUKHXNO2jyvtQqfLTs0cYoAY7SfUSzGIiMM5lJa64p8I5SrhvLeCn1t0Sz6Ooc5BppC6OzX-eljrU0GTiRYZMnlsrijhlyLx4VJ4okXGwaSM494hlp_ythHH6J9TfmJrpGsi7yX5QyWXnGCKYz8Z33Kaoncx5DaSDpFALxA1OvHo40zIrZ-r9kWeitsc1oK8WUi5kGHg7fpn1gTrtkliO3ROAdoJKUTToQdnJ11aT3wmHLTU2njJOqE6Tb1OyNr1Jq6oa4v40AfrHlCkWOULussniXdw-o3qK9kJWvgYqZ28D4I94AnDLvdrzN3Ur1Z6N8C2m3RwfGFrs8qPP37Cr1w7-goEZenQUwM6GKrnx3fLh3W2j2yrSwiCHwVabTz5s53K6cLmVMvPHnkQG-LZ_0tr_qEmCd7BTq2d8WaO_agFLd8g7pmyGPZu7wqMwLgy0tvCIdAzfvfpN6rICofWtlPALJEk=w2547-h1910-no?authuser=0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5QpiKYdkeK9YnG5h71si1lD5EnjaQI6q1vI5T1a1d1q9enWY83onFChZCsu6Z3HMuR6i21hbCRS4t1jQ57ZAKMcpzw1WjF6PF8tLpd2x-ocY8_Gul1TFQQ-fI_5HWp2nAi-V8O25Yy_jhSpcwkzaRTKJbWJnWaOVKqmpS4xWx2MWOdwbwkkdJzSNFY5Sgb_z8hIeoqKoth5ZUEMBILGUvKLKjBmcJAqx3aMDjGoU4I0IYdedyo79sMEO3tHsCzcJuiFWlYlaMJRzYEKhv-T1c2yFjUlCV8k-tfIEACXF8l7Y22hvgW2Gg799Sj9iUVLT5w3I_3ZVd1Kvf3sbM9hykYXnWEF2eaXBiE5-gdt9nK5RF8x8zsDRvbInbteKGZglugurlIqp9JEi_9OVpaJXM4M5_FPB0f3e0gax4arL4GTNJYKKdVkRdLXesSOA1N6lR8RWPGBvcLUaRmN38k41-SNwcQG3XfG1p8Uc-qs9VeOClMOyO2Puj8V94lOOKFeVYnJbn_dNlfRclcbe4Zgi7bIAdfU1k1ccWGT-FXnphGqkPEQfAQDZvLgV8j7xkU7QDkCF0ZqubY7_UlA8FonDnyaPuurJp-yl5BAhZOd63yaXW3Yu1wQy_eY9QoTh_IWGawdDQpgmszKeyW780mEjaGURGXq1frJh7w4O5UBMMKZdnVAhH7rM3m4kZf9cckY=w2547-h1910-no?authuser=0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Wikipedia article has some info. on it and, coincidentally, has a photo&#039; of the same Doric capital as in my second-last photo&#039; above.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Olympian_Zeus,_Agrigento" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Olympian_Zeus,_Agrigento" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Olympian_Zeus,_Agrigento</a></p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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