Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 588. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $390. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 480-457 BC. AR Drachm (5.97 gm). Sea-turtle (T-backed) / Incuse skew pattern. Milbank -; Dewing 1679; SNG Copenhagen 508. Good VF, toned. ($500)

From the Russell Bement, Jr. Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 51, 15 September 1999), lot 338.

The drachms of this type are significantly rarer than the staters.