CNG 96, Lot: 366. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 456/45-431 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 12.35 g, 9h). Land tortoise with segmented shell; c/m: sphinx seated left within incuse / Square incuse with skew pattern. Milbank pl. II, 12; HGC 6, 437. Good VF, toned, edge split.

From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection, purchased from Noble, October 2002.