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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2737368, member: 56859&quot;]Wow, that denomination is tough to find and yours is <i>adorable</i>!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have the far more common obol and stater-- not really a Mini-Me set because one is a turtle and the other a tortoise.&nbsp; Looks like I need more coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>tortoise stater:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_ba176498fc414002adb0d8aea1e69825.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffill%25252Fw_1000%25252Ch_625%25252Cal_c%25252Cq_90%25252Fae43f8_ba176498fc414002adb0d8aea1e69825.jpg%2526hash%253D011bc748a82c442fae9c710c44bd390d%26hash%3D83d6ad9da7df6894a0122a6359ba365e&amp;hash=d4410723a8fa40e7489bb43c8f6e3d2c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. </b></p><p><b>456/45-431 BCE</b></p><p>AR stater; 20mm, 12.32 g</p><p>Obv: land tortoise, head in profile, with segmented shell</p><p>Rev: large square incuse with skew pattern</p><p>Ref: SNG Delepierre 1774ff; BMC Taf. 24.11</p><p><br /></p><p>sea turtle obol:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/aeginaobol-jpg.408326/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina.</b></p><p><b>475-470 BCE</b></p><p>AR obol; 0.97 gm</p><p>Obv: sea turtle with single row of dots on back</p><p>Rev: windmill-shaped incuse punch</p><p>Ref: SNG Delepierre 1511; SNG Cop. 505[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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