345, Lot: 5. Estimate $75. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Aptera. Circa 250-67 BC. Æ (15mm, 4.58 g, 11h). Head of Hera right, wearing stephanos / Soldier walking left, holding spear and shield; all within beaded border. Svoronos, Numismatique 28; SNG Copenhagen 332; Traeger 14d (this coin). Fine, red-brown and dark green patina, compact flan. Rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Dr. Burkhard Traeger Collection (Künker 136, 10 March 2008), lot 14 (part of); James H. Joy Collection (Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 21, 24 May 2007), lot 871 (part of).