Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 687. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Itanos. Circa 350-320 BC. AR Stater (10.86 g, 7h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Eagle standing left, head right; triton to right; all in incuse square. Svoronos, Numismatique 35; Le Rider, Crète pl. VIII, 15 (same rev. die); cf. SNG Copenhagen 475 (drachm). Good VF, toned, small die break on eagle’s beak. Rare denomination.