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Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting an Eagle

472-413 BCE

Greek, minted in Akragas (now Agrigento), Sicily

Ancient Greece

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts an eagle standing with wings closed. The back (reverse) depicts a crab.

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium