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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2042261, member: 15445&quot;][ATTACH=full]373044[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]373045[/ATTACH]</p><p>I am the proud owner of this bale of Aegean turtles.&nbsp; Yep, a group of turtles is called a bale.&nbsp; I’d sure appreciate some help authenticating &amp; dating these beautiful silver stators.&nbsp; Let me introduce each of the turtles (to be dated) and provide a little background information which may be entertaining.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]373046[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>From very early times until its conquest by Athens in B.C. 456 Aegina was one of the greatest commercial states of Greece.&nbsp; Here is a great link describing Aegina and the turtle coins of the BritishMuseum:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/aegina.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/aegina.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/aegina.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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