v38_0038 - SICILY - AKRAGAS Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 1 100.00 €
Estimate : 1 900.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 1 100.00 €
Estimate : 1 900.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 450 AC.
Mint name / Town : Agrigente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,08 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, complet, mais avec un défaut de frappe qui obstrue les pattes de l’aigle. Très beau plumage de l’animal. Joli revers. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE PARTIELLEMENT RÉTROGRADE.
Obverse description : Aigle debout à gauche.
Obverse legend : AKRAG/ANTOS
Obverse translation : (d’Agrigente).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Crabe vu de dessus.
Commentary
La forme non rétrograde des lettres semble beaucoup plus rare et ne se rencontre que pour très peu d’exemplaires (ANS. 968, pl. 28) sans pouvoir distinguer une liaison de coin. Sur cet exemplaire toutes les plumes de l’aigle sont identifiables ainsi que la morphologie du crabe au revers.
Historical background
SICILY - AKRAGAS
(472-413 BC)
Agrigento was founded in the 6th century BC by settlers from Gela. The coinage seems to begin around 550 BC. Theron, tyrant of Agrigento, seized Himera in 482 BC. The latter and Gelon of Syracuse won a brilliant victory over the Carthaginians at Himera in 480 before J. - C. which made release the vice which Carthage made weigh on the island. After Theron's death in 472 BC, Democracy was restored. In 413, Agrigento, was rather favorable to the Athenians against the Syracusans. The city was destroyed during the Carthaginian invasion of 406 BC. It was nevertheless rebuilt, but did not regain its former glory. The Romans captured Agrigento in 210 BC, during the conquest of Sicily.
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