Cotton Bag – Turtle

Description

Cotton bag featuring Aegina’s trademark: the turtle.

Exclusively designed by Greek artist Leonidas Giannakopoulos for weloveaegina.

More about Leonidas Giannakopoulos artwork for weloveaegina.

More about the Chelone (Turtle):
The first silver Greek coin, the Chelone (turtle), was minted in Aegina in the 7th century B.C.. It weighed about 13 grams and it featured the relief of a turtle. Chelone was the new trading platform for Aegina, which was visited by merchants from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. It was the first European common currency.

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