Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 616. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Phaistos. Circa 4th century BC. AR Stater (9.91 gm). Herakles standing left, seen from behind, slaying Hydra with his club; crab between legs / Bull standing right. Svoronos, Crète 59; BMC Crete pg. 62, 11; SNG Copenhagen -. Near VF, lightly toned, softly struck, porous. Rare. ($1000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XX (25 March 1992), lot 112.