ELECTROTYPES, CRETE. Phaistos. Circa 300-270 BC. Electrotype ‘Stater (25mm, 12.40 g, 1h). British Museum electrotype ([MB] on reverse).Electronic Auction 502 Electrotypes & Reproductions, Silver Sold For $ 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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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. |