Aegina Stater

Aegina / Aigina 510 – 490 BCE AR Stater – 11.99g Aigina (island-state, situated midway between Attica & Argolis; probably the first place in European Greece to issue coinage) Obv: Smooth-shelled turtle, with single row of dots down the middle Rev: Incuse, ‘mill-sail’ pattern, the 8 triangular compartments alternately raised & sunken SG 1854, BMC 11.12, Price 478