103289 | FRANCE. Akragas in Sicily copper Medal.

103289  |  FRANCE. Akragas in Sicily copper Medal. Issued 1969 (62mm, 184.97 g, 10h). Imitating a tetradrachm from 420-415 BCE.

 

AKPAΓ ANTIN O N, eagle, with spread wings, perched left on dead hare lying on rock bearing scallop shell and murex // Crab; scallop shell to left; below, large fish with open jaws left. Edge: «cornucopia» CUIVRE 1969 No. 162/500.

 

Cf. Westermark 530 (for prototype); cf. HGC 2, 81 (same). Gem Mint State. Glossy red-bronze surfaces.

 

Part of a series of ancient coins struck in much larger, medallic form by the Paris mint in the mid 1960s to early 1970s, these examples serve as direct analogs to renaissance issues like Paduans and Cavinos, which themselves were fairly faithful imitations of ancient coinage. Here, the coin celebrated is an extremely rare tetradrachm dating to the late 5th century BCE which features a mero or grouper on the reverse.

 

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