Ancients
SARONIC ISLANDS. Aegina. Ca. 480-457 BC. AR stater (20mm, 12.39 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 4/5, countermarks. Sea turtle, viewed from above, head turned sideways, with trefoil collar and row of five dots down center of shell / Large "skew pattern" incuse with five sunken compartments. HGC 6, 435. Meadows Group IIIa. Milbank pl. 1, 13. SNG Lockett 1970. Steel gray surfaces with two small countermarks on the top of the turtle's shell.
From the Collection of a Philhellene. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 60 (22 May 2002), lot 557.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 700-1000 USD