Triton XVIII, Lot: 530. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 480-457 BC. AR Stater (19.5mm, 12.38 g, 9h). Sea turtle, head in profile, with ‘T-back’ design on shell / Large square incuse with skew pattern. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIIa; Milbank Period III, pl. I, 15; HGC 6, 435; SNG Copenhagen 507; Dewing 1674; Gillet 947; Gulbenkian 523; Jameson 1199. Good VF, iridescent tone, countermarks (of uncertain designs) on obverse.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex UBS 49 (11 September 2000), lot 132.