Cultural Depictions of Turtles and Tortoises - in Coins

In Coins

  • Silver stater obverse Aigina

  • Greek drachma of Aegina. Obverse: Land Chelone / Reverse: ΑΙΓ(INA) and dolphin. The oldest Aegina Chelone coins depicted sea turtles and were minted ca. 700–550 BC.

  • Greek drachma of Aegina

  • 1984 Maldive coin

  • Coin of Ukraine

  • Coin of the Russian Federation

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