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LOT 3122

Islands off Attica, Aegina AR Stater. Circa 525-475 BC.

Sea turtle, head in profile, with thin collar and row of dots down its back / Incuse square with mill-sail pattern. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIa-b; Milbank pl. I, 11; Asyut Group IV; HGC 6, 429. Near Very Fine.(12,22gr, 20mm.).

Provenance

Ex Emporium Hamburg, Alpha Auction 10, 8 January 2023, lot 73.
Property of a London antiquarian.

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LOT 3122

Islands off Attica, Aegina AR Stater.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £572

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