AEGINA SILVER STATER – LAND TORTOISE TYPE WITH MULTIPLE COUNTERMARKS – XF NGC GRADED GREEK COIN (Inv. 20991)

$5,000.00

20991. ISLAND OF AEGINA. Ca. 457–350 BC.
Silver Stater, 12.35 g, 20 mm. Issue of 456/45–431 BC.
Obv. Land tortoise with segmented shell, countermarks on top of shell. Rev. Skew pattern in incuse square.
HGC 6, 437, Meadows, Aegina, Group IIIb; Milbank, Period IV, pl. II, 12; SNG Delepierre 1535–1540.
NGC graded XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 2/5, “countermarks,” “brushed,” “scratches,” excellent strike with the entire tortoise on planchet, several countermarks applied to the center of the shell.