Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 282. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Hierapytna. Circa 200-67 BC. AR Didrachm (7.55 g, 11h). Menesthe, magistrate. Turreted head of Tyche right / Palm tree; to left, eagle standing right; monogram and MENESQE to right; all within wreath. Svoronos, Numismatique 20; SNG Copenhagen 464. VF. Very rare and exceptional for issue.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19 September 2001), lot 525; Bourgey (2 April 2001), lot 198.