A rare ancient coin hoard, which was hidden by its owners in a clay vase and remained buried for many centuries. This Thessalian cache is one of the earliest known coin hoards. It consists of one hundred and forty nine stamped silver staters of Aigina, which were placed in a black-glazed clay olpe and buried around 440 BC. The staters belong to two well-known mints: one depicts a sea turtle (earlier mint) and the other a land tortoise (later mint). The latter motif was adopted by the island of Aigina after the loss of its independence in 457 BC. This hoard illustrates its owner's preference for the period's strong, international currency, the Aigina stater, at a time when Thessaly had just begun producing its own first mints.