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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pishpash, post: 2163175, member: 71514&quot;]Silver Stater</p><p>Aigina, Aegina</p><p>445-431 BC</p><p>18-22mm 7mm thick. 11.90g</p><p>Land tortoise viewed from above</p><p>Geometric incuse skew pattern with 5 segments</p><p><br /></p><p>There is iridescence forming which is difficult to capture, at first I thought I could see bronze (horror) but it isn&#039;t (phew) and there are traces of blue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Big crack, am I bothered? Not at all. I love this little guy, he has seen some life.</p><p><br /></p><p>Somebody did tell me that I might pick up a better one at auction for the money, but I kept going back to this little guy and then husband offered to get it for our 10th wedding anniversary.&nbsp; So what can a gal do?</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin looks dirty, but if you tilt it the &quot;dirt&quot; is shiny.&nbsp; I think it is going to take me a while to get decent photos so these will have to do for a while.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to pile on with your tortoises and turtles.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]416748[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]416749[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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