CNG 85, Lot: 369. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 456/45-431 BC. AR Stater (17mm, 12.30 g, 6h). Land tortoise with segmented shell; c/m: male head right wearing close-fitting cap, all within incuse oval / Large incuse square with heavy skew pattern. Milbank pl. II, 12; SNG Copenhagen 516. VF, toned. An interesting and unusual countermark.