Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 197. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE. Itanos. Circa 300-280 BC. AR Stater (9.94 g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Eagle standing left, head right; in right field, Triton right, holding trident; all within incuse square. Svoronos, Numismatique 35; Le Rider, Crète pl. VIII, 15 (same rev. die); cf. SNG Copenhagen 475 (drachm). Good VF, toned, well centered with traces of an undertype. Very rare denomination. ($4000)