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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2456637, member: 57495&quot;]For the better part of two hundred years, between the 6th and the 4th centuries BC, the turtle and tortoise staters of Aegina were some of the most widely-used of Greek coins, and today remain amongst the most iconic types for collectors.&nbsp; Just at a glance, this bronze coin wouldn&#039;t be recognised by most as an issue of Aegina, having neither turtle nor tortoise.&nbsp; It was struck long after the Aeginetans were finished as a major power in the Mediterranean, and was made strictly for local use.&nbsp; Obscure, uncommon, and right up my alley, then <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>When I first found it in mixed lot last year, I thought it was a charming and interesting little bronze.&nbsp; I hadn&#039;t seen one before, and couldn&#039;t find any other examples outside of reference books.&nbsp; In any case, I put it away and had quite forgotten about it until I came across a similar type in a recently concluded auction.&nbsp; Mine isn&#039;t in a grade that will appeal to well-heeled collectors, but <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=903707&amp;AucID=1711&amp;Lot=252&amp;Val=21ed89865d00f7de66e737470337e9c4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=903707&amp;AucID=1711&amp;Lot=252&amp;Val=21ed89865d00f7de66e737470337e9c4" rel="nofollow">the one in the auction</a> apparently was.&nbsp; I&#039;m glad to finally see what a nice one of these looks like, but am still plenty happy with mine.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to post your coins of Aegina, I&#039;d be more than happy to see them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]514140[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ATTICA, Aegina</b></p><p>Circa 3rd-2nd centuries BC</p><p>AE17</p><p>3.86g, 16.7mm</p><p>BMC Attica p.144, 230-232; SNG Cop 541</p><p>O: AIΓI, prow.&nbsp; </p><p>R: Ram&#039;s head right; AΓΛA below.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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