In Agora auction yesterday i picked up my long waited Turtle, the two coins i wanted the most, the Athens Owl and the Aegina Turtle, these were high on the want list!! now i have both. Live action, Steve google The Turtle man and watch his show, he rescues snapping turtles, you'll love him. I know there have been a lot of turtles posted lately, live action post them again anyway! Island off Athica, Aegina 510-490 BC.. Ar Stater. Obv. Sea turtle with smooth shell, bankers mark on top of shell. Rev. "Mill- Sail" incuse punch. Vf, oval flan. 18.7x 12.04g.x 12H Ex. Elwood Rafn collection.
Congrats on catching yourself a fine-looking loggerhead! I always think of these marked turtles as the tattooed tough guys of Aegina .
Congrats John. I was looking at that Turtle, but decided not to participate in this auction because of my recent gold purchase. That's really a nice looking turtle.
Solid purchase, Eng! I have a tortoise stater and turtle obol: ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina 456/45-431 BCE AR stater; 20mm, 12.32 g Obv: land tortoise, head in profile, with segmented shell Rev: large square incuse with skew pattern Ref: SNG Delepierre 1774ff; BMC Taf. 24.11 ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina 475-470 BCE AR obol; 0.97 gm Obv: sea turtle with single row of dots on back Rev: windmill-shaped incuse punch Ref: SNG Delepierre 1511; SNG Cop. 505
BeauTIFul TIF, never get tired of seeing those lovey Ladies. gota love that high relief. how did you take those side shots?? Masternoob, i think i need a Alex Tet. what do you think!!!
These are Post Turtles . I shoot everything on a little dowel which is ~4" long. I have some non-sticky silicone putty which keeps the coin in place. For the side shots, I just stuck the coin on its side in the putty and photoshopped out the bit of putty which was visible.
Very nice turtle Senior Eng. I saw the Agora & Pecunem turtle offerings recently & there were several that included full & partial heads. Perhaps they came from the same hoard as my head-less bale of turtles.
Fantastic turtle, Eng!! (congrats) Hey, our two turtles look so similar that they might be ancient brothers, my friend? (maybe we're related?) Eng Turtle stevex6 Turtle
and i meant to add that' s an awesome little turtle coin ENG. i really wish i were in the turtle club with you guys. they are on my list, but the stars haven't aligned with the right coin when i have the money available.