Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 879. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off ATTICA. Aegina. Circa 510-485 BC. AR Drachm (5.90 g). "Proto-tortoise" with head in profile, thin neck band, and pellets running down its shell / Incuse square with "Union Jack" pattern. Milbank -; cf. Asyut Group II; Dewing 1662; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -. Good VF, attractive iridescent toning around turtle. Exceptional metal. Very rare. ($1500)