Triton XVII, Lot: 33. Estimate $7500. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Akragas. Circa 465/4-446 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.19 g, 7h). Sea eagle standing left; AKRAC-ANTOΣ (partially retrograde) around / Crab, whose shell has the features of a human face, within shallow incuse circle. Lee Group I; HGC 2, 77; SNG ANS 973 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 804 (same obv. die); Gulbenkian 158 (same obv. die); Pozzi 377 (same obv. die). Near EF, toned, area of flat strike on reverse.