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Didrachm
| Issuer | Akragas (Sicily) |
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| Year | 485 BC - 475 BC |
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| Value | Didrachm (2) |
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| Obverse description | Eagle standing to the left in profile, rendered with exceptional naturalistic detail; the plumage of the breast is depicted in overlapping scales, while the primary and secondary wing feathers are finely engraved with parallel striations. The bird's hooked beak is open and the eye is sharply rendered. The retrograde Greek city abbreviation AKRA appears vertically in the right field. The type is emblematic of Zeus's sacred bird and serves as the primary civic emblem of Akragas. |
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| Reverse script | Greek (retrograde) |
| Reverse lettering | ΣΑΚ |
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