Akragas (or Agrigentum in Latin and modern day Agrigento) was founded in c. 581 BC by Greek colonists from Gela. It was a rather prosperous city and heavily immersed in the arts until it was ravaged by the Carthaginians in 406 BC. The imagery on the coins of Akragas are dynamic and beautiful featuring various static elements such as the crab and eagle and symbols associated with the sea such as the tunny, octopus and conch shell.  Certainly the close proximity of the sea was influential in the objects reflected on the flans. This coin is slightly different from the norm having a head of Zeus on the obverse and an eagle on reverse. The reason for this is that the Punic War with Rome was underway and Rome clearly had control over the area. With the change in government the previous reliable coinage of Akragas was gone and replaced with a more Romanized version.