Pedigreed Minotaur

CNG 105, Lot: 129. Estimate $3000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Knossos. Circa 425-360 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.85 g). Minotaur running left / Labyrinth in incuse square with deeper squares at corners. Svoronos, Numismatique, Addenda, 14 var. (Minotaur right); Le Rider, Crétoises, pl. XXIV, 26; SNG Copenhagen –; Lanz 163, lot 72 (same rev. die). VF, toned, smoothed and details enhanced. Crude style. Rare.

From the Collection of a Director. Ex Kricheldorf 30 (5 April 1976), lot 114.