345, Lot: 55. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Kydonia. Circa 450-330 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.78 g, 6h). Land tortoise with segmented shell / Large square incuse with skew pattern. E.S.G. Robinson, “Pseudoaeginetica” in NC 1928, 11; Svoronos, Numismatique –; cf. SNG Copenhagen 402; cf. Traeger 213–6; Traité III 118. Near VF, toned, light scratches, rough surfaces. Rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex J. M. Flounders Collection (Spink 34, 14 March 1984), lot 358 (part of).