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Didrachm
| Issuer | Akragas |
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| Year | 478 BC - 470 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | AK-RA |
| Reverse description | A crab rendered frontally in high relief, its carapace prominently detailed with articulated claws extending laterally across the field — the principal civic emblem of Akragas. Beneath the crab, within the lower portion of the incuse square, appears a small bust of a youthful male figure in left profile, likely a river god or local deity, serving as a secondary type. The composition is enclosed within a shallow incuse circle, consistent with the hammered coinage tradition of early classical Sicily. The design demonstrates the accomplished die-cutting characteristic of Akragantine mint production during the early fifth century BC. |
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