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<p>[QUOTE="Nemo, post: 3881820, member: 58462"]I've often admired the tortoise and sea turtle coins of the Islands off Attica. I finally found one I couldn't resist. Although not noted in the sellers description, this is a very rare "Head in Profile" transitional issue. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1025329[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Islands off Attica, Aegina Transitional Issue Land Tortoise </b></p><p>Islands off Attica, Aegina. Circa 456/45-431 BC. AR Stater 12.40g, 22mm</p><p>O: Land tortoise, head in profile, with segmented shell </p><p>R: Large square incuse with heavy skew pattern. </p><p><br /></p><p>- Meadows, Aegina, Group IIIb; Milbank pl. II, 13; HGC 6, 437 var. (head not in profile); SNG Copenhagen 517 var. (same); Dewing 1683 var. (same); Gillet 948 var. (same); Jameson 1200 var. (same); Pozzi 1635 var. (same). </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the comment from the same type sold at a Triton auction. "The head of the land tortoise on this massive coinage is typically engraved shown from above, with the tortoise looking forward. Very rarely are they encountered with the head shown in profile. The profile head was canonical on the earlier, sea turtle coinage, thus the land tortoise coins of this variety may represent a short transitional issue at the beginning of this period."</p><p><br /></p><p>I know there are a lot of tortoises and sea turtles out there, let's see them![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nemo, post: 3881820, member: 58462"]I've often admired the tortoise and sea turtle coins of the Islands off Attica. I finally found one I couldn't resist. Although not noted in the sellers description, this is a very rare "Head in Profile" transitional issue. [ATTACH=full]1025329[/ATTACH] [B]Islands off Attica, Aegina Transitional Issue Land Tortoise [/B] Islands off Attica, Aegina. Circa 456/45-431 BC. AR Stater 12.40g, 22mm O: Land tortoise, head in profile, with segmented shell R: Large square incuse with heavy skew pattern. - Meadows, Aegina, Group IIIb; Milbank pl. II, 13; HGC 6, 437 var. (head not in profile); SNG Copenhagen 517 var. (same); Dewing 1683 var. (same); Gillet 948 var. (same); Jameson 1200 var. (same); Pozzi 1635 var. (same). Here is the comment from the same type sold at a Triton auction. "The head of the land tortoise on this massive coinage is typically engraved shown from above, with the tortoise looking forward. Very rarely are they encountered with the head shown in profile. The profile head was canonical on the earlier, sea turtle coinage, thus the land tortoise coins of this variety may represent a short transitional issue at the beginning of this period." I know there are a lot of tortoises and sea turtles out there, let's see them![/QUOTE]
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