Auction on
07 April 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) -
7, rue d'Astorg - 31000 Toulouse
This remarkably diverse sale featured ancient coins, 20th-century bronzes and ceramics, together with sophisticated designer pieces.
Agrigento - Sicily (Akragas), c. 420 B.C.E. Silver tetradrachm, 17 g/0.59 oz. Result: €31,350.
Agrigento - Sicily (Akragas), c. 420 B.C.E. Silver tetradrachm, 17 g/0.59 oz. Result: €31,350.
In the 5th century BCE, the Greeks of the colony of Agrigento in Sicily ("Akragas" in its Hellenic version) minted some of the large island's finest coins. In c. 420 BCE, this silver tetradrachm emerged from the workshops of the city famous for its Doric temples. On the obverse, a quadriga gallops to…
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