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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 7915642, member: 118780&quot;]The Aegina turtle doesn&#039;t surprise me too much. This is an exceptional coin, and when you get into that stratosphere prices can be all over the place. Bidding can become fierce and when two parties have a lot of disposable income, prices like this can happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I find interesting about Aegina staters in general is - which one you favor says a lot about what type of collector you are. Simplifying things significantly, there are two types of ancient coin collectors.</p><ul> <li>Those who see ancient coins as works of art and seek the most perfect copy</li> <li>Those who see coins as remnants of history and seek the most representative ones</li> </ul><p>Aegina staters can be divided into two types (again a simplification).</p><ul> <li>Before 456 BCE, when it was occupied by Athens and coin production ceased. These staters depict the sea turtle.</li> <li>Afte4 404 BCE, when coin production continued, but for some reason with the land tortoise instead.</li> </ul><p>In general, the land tortoise (after 404 BCE) coins tend to look nicer due to the details. However, the <i>famous</i> Aegina staters that at one point dominated trade on par (or by some accounts better than) the Athenian owls was the earlier one. Because the earlier coins were heavily used in trade, they tend to be rougher.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, art collectors tend to go for the later coins, while history buffs should go for the earlier ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>In terms of the Salonina, I still don&#039;t think it makes sense. Maybe if the coin were &quot;best of type&quot; it may fetch this price, but I doubt it is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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