The Labyrinth at Knossos

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 616. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Knossos. Circa 300-270 BC. AR Stater (10.52 g, 6h). Head of Hera left, wearing stephane decorated with palmettes / Labyrinth. Svoronos, Numismatique 69 var. (ethnic below labyrinth); Le Rider, Crétoises pl. XXX, 12 (same rev. die); cf. SNG Copenhagen 73; cf. BMC 25. Fine, toned, a few scratches on obverse under tone. Very rare variety.

From the Christopher Morcom Collection. Ex Glendining (21 June 1972), lot 221.