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Akragas 400-380 BC AE hemilitron 17.24 g 2.47 cm 2.47 cm 11h

obverse: hd Akragas l river-god, horned and wearing tainia AKPAΓΣ
reverse: eagle stg l on Ionic column hd r, crab l, 6 pellets
Calciati CNS I p194 89, Hoover HCS 139
D.C. Wehler & Associates Numismatics 8 July 1997 G62 vw 439, 82 euro

dated before the Carthaginian invasion (406 BC) by G.E. Rizzo and S. Consolo Langher.
dated about 338 BC (Akragas rebuilded) by Head and E. Gàbrici (this assumption seems no longer acceptable)
dated 4C BC by U. Westermark, on account of the weight and the shape of the flan.
400-380 BC by Numismatica Ars Classica 13 (1998) 269



17.24 g  Wehler   1997 G62
17.60 g  Holleman 1999
17.25 g  Triton V 133
19.79 g  Numismatica Ars Classica 13 269