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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Akragas |
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| Year | 420 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Akragas (modern Agrigento, Sicily) |
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Akragas — modern Agrigento — was among the wealthiest poleis in the Greek world by the late fifth century, its prosperity built on sulphur trade and agricultural surplus from the fertile Sicilian interior. The city's coinage of this period reflects that confidence: production was prolific enough to appear across multiple major reference collections, yet each die pairing retains individual character. The 420s BC fell just before the catastrophic Carthaginian sack of 406 BC, which ended Akragantine minting for a generation.