345, Lot: 89. Estimate $75. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Rhaokos or Rithymna. Circa 330-270 BC. Æ (13mm, 2.77 g, 6h). Helmeted head of female (Athena?) right / Trident head upwards. Svoronos, Numismatique p. 308, 35, pl. XXIX, 34; SNG Copenhagen 558; Traeger 370b corr. (Svoronos reference). Good Fine, dark green-brown patina, hard deposit on reverse. Very rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Sotheby’s (15 July 1980), lot 195 (part of).