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Stater of Aegina with turtle
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 500-480 B.C.
Mint: Aegina
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 12.26 gm.
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.966
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1110.
DescriptionObverse: Sea turtle with row of dots in center of shell, line at top of shell straight.
Reverse: Incuse with five triangular depressions.
Reverse: Incuse with five triangular depressions.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; March 24, 1903: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren