SICILY, Akragas. Circa 415-406 BC. AV 2 Litrai – Tetradrachm (10mm, 1.34 g, 12h). Silanos, magistrate. 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 1014 (O3/R6); HGC 2, 75; SNG ANS 999 (same dies); Bement 342 (same dies); Dewing 569 (same dies); Jameson 507 (same dies). Toned, minor die rust, die flaw on reverse (as on all examples). Near EF. Rare.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.