Aegina Sea Turtle Stater Pendant in Sterling Silver Amisos a story that continued to

a story that continued to define the empire even in its final centuries

Authority is no longer only political

Preserved in dazzling pyritized detail

This coin has a gorgeous dark green hue

Aegina Sea Turtle Stater Pendant in Sterling Silver Amisos a story that continued toAn authentic silver stater from the island of Aegina, struck circa 525480 BC. Long before Athens became the dominant naval power of Greece, the small island of Aegina produced one of the world's first internationally recognised silver coins. These remarkable staters travelled aboard merchant ships throughout the Mediterranean, becoming trusted currency in an age when long distance trade was transforming the ancient world. More than 2,500 years later,