Lot 49 - Masterpieces of Greek coinage

Central Greece. Islands off ...
Central Greece. Islands off ...
Central Greece. Islands off Attica, Aegina. Stater, c. 480 - 457 BC. (Silver, 12.36g., 21.9mm). Very large tortoise seen from above / ... Read more - A remarkably attractive and beautifully toned example with a very large tortoise struck in high relief. Extremely fine.
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Central Greece. Islands off Attica, Aegina.
Stater, c. 480 - 457 BC. (Silver, 12.36g., 21.9mm). Very large tortoise seen from above / Incuse square divided into five compartments by a large skew pattern. ACGC 127. Dewing 1683-1685. Milbank pl. 2, 12-13.

Grading/Status: A remarkably attractive and beautifully toned example with a very large tortoise struck in high relief. Extremely fine.

Notes
Provenance:
Star collection, LHS 102, 29 April 2008, 199.
Leu 83, 6 May 2002, 266.
Peus 351, 23 April 1997, 146.
Bank Leu 50, 25 April 1990, 139.
Collection of J. Desneux, Bank Leu 7, 9 May 1973, 174.
Collection of Capt. E. G. Spencer-Churchill, Ars Classica XVI, 3 July 1933, 1237.
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