345, Lot: 30. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Gortyna. Circa 250-221 BC. Æ (17mm, 4.66 g, 1h). Europa seated right in tree; on left, a bird turning its head to right; all in a circle of rays / Europa riding bull galloping left. Jackson pl. 12, 2; Svoronos, Numismatique 110; SNG Copenhagen 447; Traeger 83. VF, brown surfaces, minor roughness. Rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink Noble 34 (14 November 1990), lot 1751; Schulten (20 October 1988), lot 361.