Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 745. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Knossos. 2nd-1st century BC. Æ 28mm (11.45 g, 12h). Kydas, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus right; half of thunderbolt before chin / Eagle standing right with open wings; K-Y/Δ-A/Σ in three lines across field. Svoronos, Numismatique 142; Joy 479-80; SNG Copenhagen 388. Good VF. Rare and exceptional for issue.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 73 (13 September 2006), lot 283; Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), lot 384; Lanz 78 (25 November 1996), lot 260; Maurice Laffaille Collection (Münzen und Medaillen 76, 19 September 1991), lot 388.