Lot 3383

Description

Attica, Aegina, (c.370 B.C.), silver stater, (11.96 gm), obv. land tortoise with large square segmented shell, rev. incuse square of large formalised design, with two principal lines coming at right angles, (S.2603, BMC 149, SNG Delepierre 1545, Oeconomides, 'The ICGH 101 Hoard and the Circulation of the Tortoise in the Peloponnessus in Florilegium Numismaticum pp.307-312, Nos.1-4, Millbank p.44, b, Pl.II, 14-15). Toned, obverse with rough surface and pitting, very fine and rare.