CRETE, Gortyna. Circa 330-270 BC. AR Stater (31.5mm, 11.61 g, 8h). Near VF.

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CRETE, Gortyna. Circa 330-270 BC. AR Stater (31.5mm, 11.61 g, 8h). Europa seated right within tree branches / Bull standing right, head reverted. Cf. Svoronos, Numismatique 58; Le Rider, Crétoises, p. 58, 14b, and pl. XII, 9 (this coin). Old cabinet tone, minor deposits, holed, scratches, edge scrapes and marks, overstruck on a stater of Phaistos (type: Svoronos, Numismatique 2). Near VF.

Ex Lugdunum 23 (14 December 2023), lot 43; Burgan (15 January 2021), lot 23; Robert Feuardent (†1966) Collection; Ioannis Photiades Pacha Collection (Hoffmann, 19 May 1890), lot 1273 (hammer 26 Fr).


Closing Date and Time: 21 May 2025 at 11:06:40 ET.

All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.