345, Lot: 81. Estimate $250. Sold for $226. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Phaistos. Circa 330-320 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 5.03 g, 11h). Youthful head of Herakles left / Boukranion. Svoronos, Numismatique 25; SNG Copenhagen –; Boutin –; Evans –; Traeger –. Fine, toned, even light roughness, a few light scratches on reverse. Very rare.

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