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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2138388, member: 56859&quot;]Perpetually on my &quot;buy&quot; list, it took quite a while to find the right one at the right price.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]408323[/ATTACH]</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:&nbsp; land tortoise, head in profile, with segmented shell</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; large square incuse with skew pattern</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SNG Delepierre 1774ff; BMC Taf. 24.11</p><p><br /></p><p>These are certainly plentiful but finding the right one took some time.&nbsp; Since AncientJoe would not part with his spectacular turtle stater--nor could I afford such a grand specimen--I had to decide which compromises would be acceptable.&nbsp; Most important were centering, details, and lack of banker&#039;s marks on the shell.&nbsp; This one was worth the wait.</p><p><br /></p><p>A less reasoned purchase was this obol, obtained in the same auction.&nbsp; Sometimes that bidding finger has a mind of its own!&nbsp; I probably should have searched for a better one but it is easy to get carried away and it wasn&#039;t <i>too</i> costly an add-on.&nbsp; The obols are far less common than their larger siblings though so it was a reasonable thing to buy.&nbsp; Plus, the stater needed company on the long swim across the ocean <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]408326[/ATTACH]</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:&nbsp; sea turtle with single row of dots on back</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; windmill-shaped incuse punch</p><p>Ref:&nbsp;&nbsp; SNG Delepierre 1511; SNG Cop. 505</p><p><br /></p><p>I have not yet verified the attributions and dates.&nbsp; I think the obol reference may be incorrect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tortoise stater:&nbsp; check.&nbsp; Sea turtle obol:&nbsp; check.&nbsp; Now I need a sea turtle stater and a tortoise obol <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rather than create an inferior writeup, please refer to [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER]&#039;s fantastic <a href="http://www.colosseocollection.com/blog/2014/6/aeginas-turtle-coinage" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.colosseocollection.com/blog/2014/6/aeginas-turtle-coinage" rel="nofollow">essay on the coinage of Aegina</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>And please... post your turtles![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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