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563028.

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SICILY, Akragas. Circa 420-415 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 16.95 g, 10h). Sea eagle, wings raised, standing left on dead hare, upturned left on rock below; AKPAΓ-ANTIN-O-N around / Crab; scallop shell to left, conch shell to right; below, grouper left. Westermark, Coinage, Period III, 530 (O1/R2); HGC 2, 81; SNG Lloyd 822; BMC 59; Basel 257; Boston MFA 235 = Warren 201; Gulbenkian 163 = Rizzo pl. I, 16; Gulbenkian 164 = Locker-Lampson 59; Kraay & Hirmer 173; Jameson 508; McClean 2044; Winterthur 577 = Pozzi 390 (all from the same dies). Toned, a few faint cleaning marks, light scratch in field on reverse. Good VF. Rare and artistic.