Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 2542 SESSION 11 (9.30AM THURSDAY 25TH NOV) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $1,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,700
AEGINA (AIGINA), (c.525-500 B.C.), silver stater (11.67 g), "Proto-tortoise" type, obv. a turtle with globular segmented shell, rev. "Early Union Jack" an eight-part divided punch, (S.-, Milbank pl. I, 12, SNG Delepierre 1838, Meadows Group IIb, HGC 6, 432). Very fine, rare.
Ex CNG, January 20, 2004, retail purchase.
The rarest of all the various types of tortoises used on the staters of Aegina.
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Estimate $1,000
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