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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Aegina| > GA92200
Aegina, Saronic Islands, Greece, 480 - 440 B.C.
|Aegina|, |Aegina,| |Saronic| |Islands,| |Greece,| |480| |-| |440| |B.C.|, Aegina was probably the first place in Europe to issue coinage, because of that the turtle coin type is considered a "must have" by many ancient coin collectors.


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GA92200. Silver stater, HGC 6 435; Meadows Aegina, Group IIIa; Milbank Period III, pl. I, 15; SNG Cop 507; Dewing 1674; Gulbenkian 523; Jameson 1199, F, lightly etched surfaces, minor scratches, banker's marks, Aegina mint, weight 12.109g, maximum diameter 19.7mm, 480 - 440 B.C.; obverse sea-tortoise (Chelone Caouana) or common loggerhead turtle of the Mediterranean, narrow collar at the top; reverse incuse punch, five compartments divided by broad bars into a skew pattern; ex CNG e-auction 246 (15 Dec 2010), lot 79; SOLD











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