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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Akragas (Sicily) |
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| Year | 413 BC - 406 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ΑΚΡΑ |
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These years bracket one of the most catastrophic episodes in Sicilian history. The Athenian expedition of 415–413 BC ended in total destruction at Syracuse, and Akragas — though it had stayed neutral — found itself drawn into the subsequent Carthaginian offensive that began in 409 BC. Hannibal Mago sacked Selinus and Himera first; by 406 BC his successor Himilco had besieged Akragas itself, forcing the city's complete abandonment after an eight-month siege.
This hemidrachm was struck in the final years of that doomed city, almost certainly while Carthaginian forces were already operating elsewhere on the island.