Extremely Rare Eleuthernai Stater

345, Lot: 25. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Eleuthernai. Circa 320-270 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 11.01 g, 12h). Head of Apollo right / Apollo standing left, holding stone and bow. Svoronos, Numismatique –; Le Rider, Crétoises pl. XXXIII, 9 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen –; Boutin –; Evans –; Traeger 49. VF, toned, cleaning scratches, rough surfaces on obverse, die break on reverse. Extremely rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CI.7 (September 1993), no. 6030.