345, Lot: 61. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Kydonia. 2nd-1st century BC. Æ (14mm, 2.94 g, 1h). Owl standing right, head facing; A Π across field / Star within upturned crescent. Svoronos, Numismatique 85; SNG Copenhagen 421 corr. (letters on obv.); cf. Traeger 241. Fine, dark red-brown patina, reverse off center. Rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Wynyard Coin Centre (M. R. Roberts), 1 August 1986.