ISLANDS of ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 480-457 BC. Stater (Silver, 20mm, 12.44 g). Sea turtle with a T-shaped design of line of five large pellets down the back of its shell, with two smaller ones flanking the top to form a ‘collar’. Rev. Square incuse with large skew pattern. Gulbenkian 523. Kraay & Hirmer 336. Milbank Pl. I, 15. SNG Copenhagen 507. Attractively toned and very well centered. Some marks and a minor dig, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the Stoecklin Collection, acquired from Hess AG in Luzern, and from the Gotha collection.