Ex British Museum Collection
Svoronos, Le Rider, & BMC Plate Coin

345, Lot: 90. Estimate $300. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Rithymna. 4th century BC. Æ (14.5mm, 2.61 g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Two dolphins upward within ethnic. Svoronos, Numismatique 11 corr. (ethnic), pl. XXX, 11 = Le Rider, Crétoises pl. XXXV, 14 = BMC 3, pl. XIX, 10 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 557; Traeger –. VF, dark red-brown patina with green hues, a little off center. Very rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink Noble 34 (14 March 1984), lot 1759; Spink Numismatic Circular (January 1979), no. 55; British Museum Collection.