GREEK. AEGINA, Islands off Attica. Circa 350-338 BC. Silver Stater (12.26g). Land tortoise with segmented shell / Thin-skew incuse square divided into compartments, AI in the upper cells, dolphin upward in lower left. A very attractive dark cabinet toning. gVF. This stater, struck in the final years before Macedonian dominance, belongs to the late Aeginetan land tortoise series that replaced the earlier sea turtle once emblematic of the island's maritime commerce. The refined incuse and control marks, AI above and dolphin at left, reflect a carefully organised civic issue and still allude to Aegina's maritime lifeblood even as its political influence waned. (P)

Estimate: AUD 3000