| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 433 Price realized: 260 GBP (Approx. 323 USD / 302 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Islands off Attica, Aegina(?) AR Hemidrachm. Contemporary imitation, circa late 6th - early 5th century BC. Stylized sea turtle (?) with segmented shell / Irregular incuse punch. For late 5th century hemidrachms imitating Aegina, cf. Traeger 213-4 and Robinson Pseudoaeginetica (Kydonia). 3.13g, 15mm. Near Very Fine. Likely an imitation of the Aegina type but cruder in style than the hemidrachms attributed to Kydonia. For discussions of proto-Tortoise staters and their possible origins see Robinson Pseudoaeginetica, Holloway Archaic Appendix: The Attribution of the Proto-Tortoise Group, and Selinus Hoard, pp. 21-22. Estimate: 100 GBP |  |
