Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 2689 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $250
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SOLD $150
ATTICA, Islands off, Aegina, (Aigina), (500-480 B.C.), silver stater, (11.55 g), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle without row of dots down dorsal spine, with bankers mark of a head [Ammon] in centre of turtle, rev. 'incuse five sunken segments', [intentionally cut into the die], (S.1851, Asyut Group IIIa "thin collar", cf.438-465, SNG Delepierre 1629). Well centred, otherwise fine - very fine, worn obverse die.
Asyut hoard suggests the chronology to be 500/490-480 B.C.
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