ISLANDS OFF ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 480-457 BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 12.23 g). Sea turtle, head in profile, seen from above, with a T-shaped design of a line of six very large pellets down the back of its shell and with two equal-sized ones flanking the top to form a "collar". Rev. Incuse square with heavy skew design. HGC 6, 448. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIIa. Milbank Period II. Traité II, 1, 1936 and pl. XXX, 17. Attractive iridescent toning. Banker's mark and a few light scratches on obverse, otherwise, very fine.

From the Collection of Prof. James M. Collier, ex Classical Numismatic Group MBS 30, 11 June 1994, 139.

This lot is sold to benefit the Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics offered by the American Numismatic Society.