[enlargement]    
       
next coin >
22: Sicily, Akragas

.… for me a true masterpiece. This is an excellent color photograph. The two eagles are much more dynamic. The head of the bird in front is pulled back at a right angle. The details are even bolder, and more perfectly struck. Another important aspect is the inscription. On the lower right it is signed by the die engraver between the two lower tail feathers. There was another coin in the British Museum on which the die is not so well centered. Only the letters POLY could be deciphered and one speculated that the coin was made by a master who was called Polykletes II. The coin shown here is signed quite clearly: POLYAI…