Islands off Attika, Aegina

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Description

Circa 550-530/25 BC. AR stater, 12.12 gr., 19 mm.

Obv: sea turtle, head in profile, with thin collar and row of dots down its back.

Rev: deep incuse square with proto-“Union Jack” pattern.

Ref: Holloway, Archaic, Group A; Meadows, Aegina, Group Ia; Milbank Period I, pl. I, 2.

High relief turtle. Old mark in obverse field. Good very fine.