Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 611. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Hierapytna. Circa 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.05 gm). Imitating Athenian New Style tetradrachm. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet / I-E-RA-PU-Z-HNO, owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; to right; eagle standing right; magistrate F-ILO-S; all within wreath. Cf. Svoronos, Crète, 42; Svoronos, Athènes, pl. 113, 8; BMC Crete -; SNG Copenhagen -. EF, toned, light corrosion on obverse. Very rare. ($2000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.