Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



                  Lot # 154Estimate: US$3000
                  AEGINA. Silver stater 



             



            AEGINA. Silver stater (12.09 gm). Attica, Aegina, Ca. 525/20–500 BC. 
            Sea turtle of “proto-tortoise” type, with segmented carapace / 
            “Union Jack” incuse, four quarters filled or partially filled. 
            Arnold-Biuchhi, Beer-Tobey and Waggoner, ANSMN 33, p. 17, 123–124, 
            pl. 10. Holloway, ANSMN 17, pl. viii, 5–6. SNG Lockett 2635 = Pozzi 
            1632. Very rare. About extremely fine. 

            Robinson, “Pseudoaeginetica,” NC 1928, attributed the so-called 
            proto-tortoises to Cydonia in Crete. They are now recognized as 
            Aeginetan, a rare variant type that was used alongside the normal 
            T-back sea turtle. Because the proto-tortoise dies are always very 
            fresh, whereas the T-back turtle dies were typically used to excess, 
            there is cause to suspect that the proto-tortoise type had some 
            special significance. 






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  ... Lot 154 sold for high bid of $2500 [ $2875, or approx 2222.375 EUR, 1466.25 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


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