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CNG 85, Lot: 385. Estimate $300.
Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Gortyna. Circa 98/6-94 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.05 g, 12h). Diademed head of Zeus right / Nude male seated left on rock, holding bow and quiver; ΔA to left, ΠAP to right. Price, Gortyn 266-70 corr. (dies FΓ/k); Svoronos, Numismatique -; SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, lightly toned, struck from worn reverse die. Rare.


In his review of the Gortyn hoard, Price failed to mention the letters in the left field on this issue, and the Π in ΠAP was covered by encrustation.