TYPE Ancient Greece, Akragas (Sicily), 425-406 BC, bronze trias
DESCRIPTION .
Obv: Eagle r., wings spread, holding hare in talons and attacking it with beak
Rev: Crab, three pellets (denoting denomination) and crayfish below, countermarked with smaller crab
REFERENCE: cf. SG 1023, BMC -
GRADING: AVG / VF+, rough brownish patina, rare
ORDER INFO: G2402, $52
Fascinating "double crab", with the original, larger one from undercoin circumscribing the countermarked smaller one, the legs continuing each other and giving partially an illusion of a single crab with two pairs of claws.