Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 1702 Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $500
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ATTICA, Aegina, (510-490 B.C.), silver drachm, (5.84 grams), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle with row of dots down dorsal spine, rev. incuse square, 'Union Jack' design with six sunken trianglar compartments, (cf.S.1852, Asyut Group III b 'thin collar' cf.439 (Stater), BMC 43). Very fine, uneven tone, broad flan and a very rare denomination.
Drachms are many times rarer than the staters, and one the earliest European archaic silver coins. This issue of drachms was probably confined to only local use and not for bullion trade as were the staters.
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Lot 1700
ATTICA, Aegina, (510-490 B.C.), silver stater, (11.88 grams), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle without row ...
Estimate $450
Lot 1701
ATTICA, Aegina, (510-490 B.C.), silver stater, (12.10 grams), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle without row ...
Estimate $250
Lot 1702 This lot
ATTICA, Aegina, (510-490 B.C.), silver drachm, (5.84 grams), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle with row ...
Estimate $500
Lot 1703
ATTICA, Aegina, (445-431 B.C.), silver stater, (12.2 grams), obv. tortoise with segmented shell, rev. incuse ...
Estimate $400
Lot 1704
MEGARIS, Megara, (c.307-243 B.C.), AE 16, (2.8 grams), obv. Apollo laureate head to right, rev. ...
Estimate $60