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| 正面文字 | Greek |
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| 背面描述 | Crab seen from above, rendered frontally with fine detail on the carapace and outstretched claws. A fish, likely an eel or small marine creature, is depicted swimming to the left in the lower field below the crab, a characteristic Akragantine reverse type alluding to the city's coastal environment. A single pellet appears to the upper right in the field as a value mark. The composition is well-centered and executed in a bold, high-relief style typical of Sicilian bronze coinage of the period. |
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Akragas in this period was one of the wealthiest poleis in the Greek world, its prosperity built on olive oil exports and a position commanding the southern Sicilian coast. Bronze coinage of this type served the city's internal market — small transactions that silver fractions couldn't efficiently handle. The hexas, worth two onkiai, occupied the lowest practical denomination in daily exchange.
The city fell to the Carthaginian general Hamilcar in 406 BC, its population evacuated before the sack. Coins in circulation at that moment were either carried out by refugees or buried — which partly explains why Akragantine bronzes occasionally surface in hoards well outside the city's immediate territory.