Islands off Attica, Aegina AR Stater. Circa 525-475 BC. Sea turtle, head in profile, with 'T' design in pellets on shell / Incuse square with 'proto-skew' design. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIc; HGC 6, 434. 12.21g, 19mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the inventory of a Swiss dealer.
The unusual 'proto-skew' design of the incuse punch seen on the reverse of the staters of Aegina continues to be used in the modern state of Greece as the logo of the widely-known Alpha Bank.