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Obverse: Eagle standing left, wings closed. Inscription in Greek. Reverse: Freshwater crab.
Provenance
By date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 193); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Greek, Classical Period, 472–413 B.C.
Mint
Akragas (Agrigentum), Sicily
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0227.
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 8.53 gm.
Accession Number
04.425
Medium or Technique
Silver