ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 550-530/25 BC. AR Stater (18.5mm, 12.13 g). VF.

CNG Feature Auction 133 – Session 5
Lot: 5291.
Closing Date: Sep 23 2026 10:00 ET

Greek, Silver

Estimate: $ 2 000

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ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 550-530/25 BC. AR Stater (18.5mm, 12.13 g). “Proto-tortoise” with shell divided into thirteen segments / Incuse square of “Union Jack” pattern. Holloway, Archaic, Group C, obv. die 9; Meadows, Aegina, Group Ib; HGC 6, 427; SNG Lockett 2635 = Pozzi 1632 (same obv. die); Selinus Hoard 124 (this coin). Toned. VF.

Ex William H. Birkinshaw Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 484, 27 January 2021), lot 232; Classical Numismatic Group 57 (4 April 2001), lot 345; Selinute, 1985 Hoard (CH VIII, 35).


Closing Date and Time: 23 September 2026 at 11:36:40 ET.



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