Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXI 24-25 Mar 2021
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Islands off Attica, Aegina AR Stater. Circa 480-457 BC. Sea turtle, head in profile, with 'T' design in pellets on shell / Large square incuse with skew pattern. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIIa; Milbank Period IIII, pl. I, 15; Gulbenkian 523; Kraay-Hirmer 336; Jameson 1199; SNG Copenhagen 507; HGC 6, 435. 12.19g, 18mm.
Extremely Fine; attractive cabinet tone with iridescent flashes.
Ex Harlan J. Berk Ltd., BBS 195, 29 October 2015, lot 104;
Ex Patrick H. James Collection, Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 527;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 55, 13 September 2000, lot 362.
The unusual 'skew pattern' 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.
Extremely Fine; attractive cabinet tone with iridescent flashes.
Ex Harlan J. Berk Ltd., BBS 195, 29 October 2015, lot 104;
Ex Patrick H. James Collection, Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 527;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 55, 13 September 2000, lot 362.
The unusual 'skew pattern' 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.