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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Akragas |
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| Year | 414 BC - 413 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | A nude male figure, identified as the river god Akragas, reclines upon the back of a sea-monster (ketos) facing left, his right arm raised; above the central group, a large crab is shown in high relief in the upper field, a civic symbol of Akragas. The encircling legend ΑΚΡΑΓΑΝΤΙΝΟΝ runs around the beaded border, and the whole composition exemplifies the celebrated free style of Sicilian die-engraving of the late fifth century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Akragas sat among the wealthiest poleis in the Greek world during the fifth century BC, its economy built on agricultural exports — particularly olive oil — moving through one of Sicily's most active harbors. These tetradrachms belong to the final years before catastrophe: in 406 BC, a Carthaginian force under Hannibal Mago and Himilco sacked the city after a siege of eight months, effectively ending Akragantine coinage of this quality forever. The dies producing this type were cut during a narrow window of civic confidence that had no sequel.