Lot 3460

Sale 91 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Description

Attica, Aegina, (490-480 B.C.), silver stater, (12.044 grams), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle without row of dots down dorsal spine, several countermarks, including D and O and three lines from central point, rev. "proto-skew", [one or more lines wedge shaped], (S.1857 [?325], Asyut Group VIc "late thin collar", cf.533-540, SNG Delepierre 1681). Countermark very fine, host coin nearly fine, interesting countermarks.

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

Estimate
$300
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$0

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