SICILY, Akragas. Circa 415-406 BC. AV Tetradrachm – 2 Didrachms (10mm, 1.35 g, 2h). Reverse die signed by Silanos. Eagle standing left, snake clasped in its talons, on rock outcropping; AKPA above, two pellets (mark of value) on rocks / Crab; below, ΣIΛA/NOΣ in two lines (boustrophedon). Westermark, Coinage 1011.15 (O11/R3 – this coin); HGC 2, 75; SNG Copenhagen 52 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 518 = Weber 1195 (same dies); BMC 2 (same dies); Boston MFA 237 (same dies); Dewing 570–1 (same dies); de Luynes 844 (same dies); McClean 2039 (same dies). Slightly off center on reverse. Near EF.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, November 1990. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts [XXIV] (18 October 1990), lot 470; Hess-Leu 31 (6 December 1966), lot 96; Santamaria (6 April 1908), lot 136.
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