Greek Silver & Bronze

Sale 61    4–6 Aug 1999   Dallas Brooks Centre   Melbourne

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Lot 2623       Greek Silver & Bronze

Estimate $250
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $160

ATTICA, Aegina, (500-480 B.C.), silver stater, (12.014 grams), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle without row of dots down dorsal spine, rev. 'Incuse five sunken segments', [intentionally cut into the die], (S.1851 [£300], Asyut Group IIIa 'thin collar', cf.438-465, SNG Delepierre 1629). Fine - very fine, worn obverse die, oblong shape.

Asyut hoard suggests the chronology to be 500/490-480 B.C.

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