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Lot number: 587

Price realized: 6,000 CHF   (Approx. 6,810 USD / 6,294 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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ISLANDS OFF ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 510-490 BC. Stater (Silver, 23 mm, 11.09 g). Sea turtle seen from above, with a line of pellets down the back of its shell. Rev. Incuse square of 'Union Jack' pattern with five incuse and three raised segments. Asyut Group IIIb, 466-77. De Nanteuil 930 (this coin). HGC 6, 430. Meadows Group IIb. SNG Copenhagen 502-3. Well centered, nicely toned and with an impressive pedigree. Somewhat granular and with minor traces of corrosion, otherwise, very fine.


From the Lucien Birkler Collection, ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 72, 6 October 1987, 596 and previously from the collection of Henri de Nanteuil (1876-1941) and the Rous Collection, Bourgey, 15-17 December 1911, 146.

Starting price: 500 CHF