345, Lot: 28. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Gortyna. Circa 360-300 BC. AR Drachm (22.5mm, 5.31 g, 12h). Bull’s head right / Head of Europa right, wearing sphendone; all within shallow incuse circle. Cf. Svoronos, Numismatique 44; cf. Le Rider, Crétoises 74-6, pl. XIX, 20-2; cf. SNG Copenhagen 444-5; Boutin –; Evans 1624-5; cf. Traeger 76. VF, toned, a pair of die breaks on reverse. Extremely rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America 9118 (6 December 1999), lot 638 (part of).