Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3896 Session 13 (2.30pm Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $300
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ATTICA, Aegina, (490-480 B.C.), silver stater, (12.286 grams), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle without row of dots down dorsal spine, rev. 'proto-skew', [one or more lines wedge shaped], (S.1857 [£325], Asyut Group VIc 'late thin collar', cf.533-540, SNG Delepierre 1681). Fine - very fine, worn obverse die, oblong shape.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 61 (lot 2625) and Noble Numismatics Sale 74 (lot 4492). Asyut hoard suggests the chronology to be 500/490-480 B.C.
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