SICILY. Akragas. Circa 450-440 BC. Pentonkion (Silver, 7.5 mm, 0.29 g). AK -RA Eagle, with closed wings, standing left on Ionic column capital. Rev. Five pellets. D. Berend, Réflexions, Studies Mildenberg, pl. 2, 9 (this coin). Westermark 516.3 (this coin) . Very rare. Clear and toned. Good very fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, acquired from Bank Leu in the late 1970s (inventory number IA 9439), ex Bank Leu 2, 25 April 1972, 66, from the collections of H. C. Hoskier, Hess, Luzern, 15 February 1934, 129, and of W. Carr, Ars Classica XVI, 3 July 1933, 427.