Triton XVI, Lot: 402. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Gortyna. Circa 330-270 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 11.75 g, 12h). Europa seated right in tree, raising right arm / Bull standing right, head reverted, scratching nose with hind leg. Svoronos, Numismatique 63; Le Rider, Crétoises pl. V, 9-13 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen –. Good VF, toned, struck from worn dies. Very rare issue.

From the RCM Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 142 (10 October 2005), lot 1464.