From the 1953 Phaestus Region hoard
311, Lot: 630. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CRETE, Gortyna. Circa 330-270 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 11.26 g, 6h). Europa seated right in tree, propping head on hand / Bull standing right, head reverted. Cf. Svoronos,
Numismatique 25/22 (for obv./rev. dies); Le Rider,
Crétoises p. 26, 198, pl. V, 5 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 441. Good Fine, toned, porosity, particularly on the obverse.
From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 284 (8 August 2012), lot 72; 1953 Phaestus Region Hoard (IGCH 152).