345, Lot: 2. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CRETE, Aptera. Circa 250-67 BC. Æ (17mm, 4.52 g, 12h). Head of Hera right, wearing stephanos / Soldier walking left, holding spear and shield; all within beaded border. Svoronos,
Numismatique 28; SNG Copenhagen 332; Traeger 14a (this coin). Good Fine, brown and green patina, some earthen deposits, reverse off center. Rare.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Dr. Burkhard Traeger Collection (Künker 136, 10 March 2008), lot 14 (part of); Schulten (20 October 1988), lot 356.