Sicily. Akragas. Countermarked Hemilitron. Punic occupation, circa 405-392 BC (Bronze, 27.53 mm, 18.20 g). Countermarked on a worn flat hemilitron of Akragas with obliterated types. On the original obverse, large countermark of circa 15 mm bearing the head of a youthful Herakles to right, wearing a lion's skin headdress; all within shallow incuse circle. Rev. Blank. Cf. Calciati CNS I, 197, 92 CM. Cf. SNG ANS 1065. Cf. SNG Agrigento 259. Cf. Buceti 170. Westermark, Akragas, p. 166. Dark green patina. Smoothed and tooled but on original compact flan. Near Extremely Fine. Ex Asta del Titano 12, 22 September 2002, lot 12. This countermark is usually found on eagle/crab hemilitron of Akragas and was applied to coins during the Punic occupation of the city (circa 405-392 BC).

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Sicily. Akragas. Countermarked Hemilitron. Punic occupation, circa 405-392 BC (Bronze, 27.53 mm, 18.20 g). Countermarked on a worn flat hemilitron of Akragas with obliterated types. On the original obverse, large countermark of circa 15 mm bearing the head of a youthful Herakles to right, wearing a lion's skin headdress; all within shallow incuse circle. Rev. Blank. Cf. Calciati CNS I, 197, 92 CM. Cf. SNG ANS 1065. Cf. SNG Agrigento 259. Cf. Buceti 170. Westermark, Akragas, p. 166. Dark green patina. Smoothed and tooled but on original compact flan. Near Extremely Fine. Ex Asta del Titano 12, 22 September 2002, lot 12. This countermark is usually found on eagle/crab hemilitron of Akragas and was applied to coins during the Punic occupation of the city (circa 405-392 BC).

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