CRETE, Cnossus. Republican period. Circa 40-30 BC. Æ (27mm, 15.85 g, 12h). Kydas, cretarch. Near VF.Electronic Auction 562 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CRETE, Cnossus. Republican period. Circa 40-30 BC. Æ (27mm, 15.85 g, 12h). Kydas, cretarch. Laureate head of Zeus right; B below neck, thunderbolt below chin / Eagle standing right with open wings; K-Y Δ-A Σ in three lines across field. Svoronos, Numismatique 147-8; RPC I 934; SNG Copenhagen 388. Brown patina, light porosity, a couple of pits on the reverse, edge split. Near VF. |