Akragas Tetradrachm, -414 – -413

Tetradrachm from Akragas. Issued from -414 to -413. Struck in Silver. Measures 0 mm and weighs 17.13 g.

Obverse

Two eagles perching right on the body of a dead hare; the nearer, with closed wings, raises his head and screams in triumph. The further, with spread wings, bends his head down to tear at the prey

Reverse

Crab with open claws seen from above. Below, the monster Skylla swimming to left, her right hand raised to shade her eyes (the so-called aposkopein gesture) and her left trailing behind her. At her waist, between her human torso and her fish tail, the foreparts of two hunting dogs