AEGINA SILVER STATER – TORTOISE WITH RARE GORGON HEAD COUNTERMARK – FINE NGC GRADED GREEK COIN (Inv. 19738)

SOLD

19738. ISLAND OF AEGINA. Ca. 457–350 BC.
Silver stater, 12.33 g, 30 mm. Issue of 445/4–430 BC.
Obv. Tortoise with segmented shell, countermark with Gorgon head applied on top of shell. Rev. Incuse square with skew pattern.
HGC 6, 437, Meadows, Aegina, Group IIIb; Milbank, Period IV, pl. II, 12.
NGC graded FINE, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “countermark” noted on label. Although countermarks are common on Aegina staters, those with clear figural designs are quite rare.