Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 2117 Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $600
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ATTICA, Aegina, (510-490 B.C.), silver stater, (11.88 grams), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle without row of dots down dorsal spine, rev. incuse square, 'Union Jack' design with five sunken trianglur compartments, (S.1851, Asyut Group III b 'thin collar' cf.439, SNG Cop. 511-3). Very fine and rare.
One of the earliest European archaic silver coins.
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ATTICA, Aegina, (510-490 B.C.), silver stater, (11.88 grams), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle without row ...
Estimate $600
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