ELECTROTYPES, CRETE. Phaistos. Circa 300-270 BC. Electrotype ‘Stater (25mm, 12.40 g, 1h). British Museum electrotype ([MB] on reverse).

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ELECTROTYPES, CRETE. Phaistos. Circa 300-270 BC. Electrotype ‘Stater (25mm, 12.40 g, 1h). British Museum electrotype ([MB] on reverse). Herakles, nude but for lion skin draped over left arm, standing left, his left hand extended and holding one head of the Hydra, which he strikes at with club held in aloft in his right hand; crab between his legs below / Bull advancing right; ΦAIΣTIΩN above / Bull advancing right; ΦAIΣTIΩN above. Head, Guide Period II B, 38. As made.

From the Mercury Group Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 81 (20 May 2009), lot 1472 (part of).


Closing Date and Time: 20 October 2021 at 14:35:40 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.