Ex 1953 Phaestus Region Hoard (IGCH 152)
Published by Le Rider
284, Lot: 72. Estimate $500. Sold for $1669. 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. Svoronos,
Numismatique 25/22 (obv. die of 25, rev. die of 22); Le Rider,
Crétoises p. 26, 198, pl. V, 5 (this coin) ; SNG Copenhagen 441. Good Fine, toned, porosity, particularly on the obverse.
Ex 1953 Phaestus region hoard (IGCH 152).