Aegina Sea Turtle Stater Pendant in Sterling Silver Amisos Issued in southern Italy

Issued in southern Italy

Authority is no longer only political

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

This pendant features an authentic Roman glass bead

Aegina Sea Turtle Stater Pendant in Sterling Silver Amisos Issued in southern ItalyAn 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,