Aegina sea turtle
BC 550–480 ・ silver ・ 6th century BC ・ Island of Aegina
Struck by Aegina, the trading state of the Aegean, this is among the earliest silver coinage of the Greek world. It carries the shell of a sea turtle (later a land tortoise). The age had begun in which a city guaranteed value with a mark of its own.
Diameter 20mm