445, Lot: 860. Estimate $150. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Phaistos. Circa 300-270 BC. Electrotype “Stater” (24mm, 9.87 g, 1h). Unsigned British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready or his sons. Herakles standing left, holding one head of the Hydra, which he strikes at with his club; crab between his legs below / Bull advancing right. Head, Guide, Period IV.B., 24. As made, toned.

From the Johnson Family Collection.