Triton XVI, Lot: 404. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CRETE, Kydonia. Circa 320-270 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.66 g, 12h). Head of maenad right, wearing triple-pendant earring / Kydon standing left, stringing bow; KYΔΩN to right; all in pellet border within shallow circular incuse. Svoronos,
Numismatique 11 and pl. IX, 5 (same dies); Le Rider,
Crétoises, pl. IX, 21 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 2 (same dies). VF, toned. Rare.
From the RAJ Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 47 (16 September 1998), lot 445.