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Drachm of Aegina with turtle
Greek
Archaic Period
about 530–490 B.C.
Mint: Aegina
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 6.05 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.843
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1109.
DescriptionObverse: Sea turtle with smooth shell, a row of dots on the back.
Reverse: Incuse square with four deep and four shallow sections.
Reverse: Incuse square with four deep and four shallow sections.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 861); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren