Triobol from Aegina Artist: Unknown
Mint: Aegina

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

2.75 g, 4:00, 13 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Purchased from Professor Jerome W. Sperling

Accession Number

2001.87.6880

Geography
Culture
Period

4th century B.C.

Classification
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Tortoise of which the structure of the shell is shown divided into thirteen plates

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Incuse square divided by bands into five compartments, A and PS [Gk] in compartments
Provenance

Provenance

Professor Jerome W. Sperling, to about 1945; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1945 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money, triobols

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