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Island off Attica. AEGINA AR Stater.Circa 456/45-431 B.C. (12.23gm, 21mm). Obverse: land tortoise with segmented shell. Reverse: large incuse square of heavy skew pattern. Milbank pl.2, 12; SNG Copenhagen 516; Dewing 1683; BMC Attica p. 137, 146; HGC 6, 437. Near EF, attractive light cabinet tone. Very desirable example of the type.
Ex Roma Numismatics (featured as a cover for e-Auction 57)
Ex Shanna Schmidt Numismatics
Ex Munzenhandlung Harald Moller, Auction 72, 1 November 2018, lot 20.
Early commerce within the Aegean area include metal ingots used in trade. They had a distinctive plano-convex shape and were colloquially called "turtles" especially in Aegina. With the development of the concept of money, it is natural for the maritime island-state to design their coins with an image of a turtle since they had already been accustomed by the earlier ingots whose shape resembled the animal. Aegina was considered the first state to introduce money to the West that was first invented in either Ionia or Lydia. As maritime power, it rivaled Athens. Early obverse designs always feature a sea turtle. Why the inclusion of a land tortoise (testudo graeca) beginning in the middle of the 5th century B.C. is still unresolved. Few theories had been put forward: the most common was Aegina's defeat from its rival Athens, and the land tortoise symbolized sovereignty of Athens over Aegina.
Jason T05/31/19 at 19:12Nathan P: Beautiful!
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Bruttium. The Bretti. . Ae double didrachm... 208-203 B.C..Obverse: Helmeted head of Ares left.
Reverse: Athena advancing right holding spear and shield, lyre in right field.
Weight: 14.32 grams.
Diameter: 25.47 mm.Mark R105/08/19 at 17:39Nathan P: Awesome coin! Love the lyre!
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EB0184 Zeus / Thunderbolt & EagleSyracuse,Timoleon, SICILY, AE 25, 345-317 BC.
Obverse: ZEYΣ EΛEYΘEΡIOΣ to left and right of head of Zeus Eleutherios right.
Reverse: Thunderbolt, eagle to right.
References: SNG Cop 729; Mionnet I, 892.
Diameter: 25.5mm, Weight: 16.099g.EB12/03/18 at 17:20Nathan P: Great example!
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Celtic imitating Philip II tetradrachm Dachreiter typeChance Vandal05/16/18 at 19:49Nathan P: Really nice example. I love the style of these Cel...
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Price 3581Φ to the left. M under the throne. One of the old Babylon style mintmarks. CNG 419 lot 39. Ex Gorny Mosch 156 lot 1273 (March 2007). From the collection of Colin Pitchfork who was the oft Pres of the Australian Numismatic Society and who was consultant for Noble for 3 decades.Chance Vandal04/25/18 at 18:02Nathan P: Kind of wish I'd beaten you to the punch on th...
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Calabria. Tarentum. (Circa 332-302 BC)AR Nomos (21 mm, 7.76 g)
Obverse: Warrior, preparing to cast spear held in right hand, holding two spears and shield in left, on horse rearing right; ΣA below
Reverse: Taras, holding kantharos in extended right hand, cradling trident in left arm, astride dolphin left; AP to left, TAPAΣ (Taras) to right; below, small dolphin left.
Vlasto 614-20; HN Italy 937. Nathan P04/14/18 at 03:20Nathan P: Thanks Jay! This one's much sharper in hand! M...
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