Lot 4742
Sale 94 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes
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Description
Attica, Aegina, (490-480 B.C.), silver stater, (12.226 grams), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle without row of dots down dorsal spine, countermarked with palmette (CNG symbol), rev. "proto-skew", [one or more lines wedge shaped], (S.1857 [Å“325], Asyut Group VIc "late thin collar", cf.533-540, SNG Delepierre 1681). Countermark very fine, host coin fine, very rare countermark.
Asyut hoard suggests the chronology to be 500/490-480 B.C.
- Estimate
- $300
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $150