Nomos 25

SICILY. Akragas. Circa 410-406 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 17.20 g, 7 h). Male charioteer, holding the reins in both hands, driving quadriga galloping to right; above, Nike flying to left to crown the driver; in the exergue, crab moving downwards. Rev. AK[P-A-Γ]-ANTI-NΩN (retrograde from the lower right) Two eagles standing right on a dead hare resting on a rock; the near eagle with closed wings and head raised in "exultation"; the far eagle with spread wings and with head lowered to tear at the hare. BMC 57; BMFA 232; de Hirsch 288 = Rizzo pl. II, 1; Jameson 1889; Kraay & Hirmer 178 = Regling, Kunstwerk, 535 (Berlin); SNG ANS 5, SNG Lloyd 818 = Pozzi 388; Seltman 6 (E/ζ); Westermark, Period III, 588.6 (O5/R6, this coin): all from the same dies. Sharply struck, with an attractive dark patina and beautifully toned. Nearer eagle's head off the flan and minor areas of flatness, otherwise, good very fine.

From a European collection, and from the collection of H. Tronnier, Künker 94, 27 September 2004, 256, ex Hess 249, 13 November 1979, 58.