CRETE, Hierapytna. Circa 200-67 BC. Æ (10mm, 1.35 g, 12h). Head right / Palm tree; aphlaston to left, monogram to right. Svoronos, Numismatique 39, pl. XVII, 26; cf. SNG Copenhagen 466; Traeger –. Fine, brown and green patina, some earthen deposits, obverse off center. Very rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America 9118 (6 December 1999), lot 638 (part of).
CRETE, Itanos. Circa 350-320 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.62 g, 2h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Eagle standing left, head right, within incuse square. Svoronos, Numismatique 27; cf. SNG Copenhagen 473 (drachm); Boutin –; cf. Evans 1632 (drachm); cf. Traeger 142 (drachm). Near VF, find patina. Very rare denomination for issue without additional symbols on reverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America (6 December 1999), lot 638 (part of).
CRETE, Itanos. Circa 350-320 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 2.21 g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Eagle standing left, head right; triton to right; all within incuse square. Svoronos, Numismatique 38; SNG Copenhagen 476; cf. Boutin 141 (drachm); cf. Evans 1633–4 (drachms); Traeger 150–1. Fine, rough find patina.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America (6 December 1999), lot 638 (part of).
CRETE, Itanos. Circa 320-270 BC. AR Obol (12mm, 0.58 g). Helmeted head of Athena left / Star with eight rays. Svoronos, Numismatique 39; SNG Copenhagen 477; Boutin –; Evans –; Traeger 153. VF, toned, minor roughness on obverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America (6 December 1999), lot 638 (part of).
CRETE, Knossos. 4th century BC. Æ (11mm, 2.13 g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of Artemis right. Svoronos, Numismatique 77; SNG Copenhagen –; Traeger 162. Near VF, green-brown patina. Rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.
CRETE, Knossos. Circa 300-270 BC. Æ (14mm, 3.73 g, 12h). Head of female right / Head of Zeus right. Svoronos, Numismatique 80; SNG Copenhagen 371; Traeger 163. Good Fine, dark green and brown patina.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Glendining (8 July 1987), lot 84 (part of).
CRETE, Knossos. Circa 300-270 BC. Æ (15.5mm, 3.25 g, 1h). Wreathed head of female right / Head of Zeus right. Svoronos, Numismatique 85; SNG Copenhagen 372; Traeger 164c. Good Fine, rough brown patina, flan flaw along edge, spot of active corrosion on obverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Glendining (7 November 1979), lot 31 (part of).
CRETE, Knossos. Circa 220 BC. Æ (21mm, 3.80 g, 6h). Knossos–Gortyna alliance issue. Europa, holding veil, seated left on bull leaping left; dolphin below, radiating lines in periphery / Labyrinth; star above. Svoronos, Numismatique 118; SNG Copenhagen 378–9 var. (two dolphins); Traeger 178. Fine, rough green patina. Rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Glendining (8 July 1987), lot 84 (part of).
CRETE, Knossos. Circa 116-67 BC. AR Hemidrachm (17mm, 2.81 g, 5h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Labyrinth. Svoronos, Numismatique 175; SNG Copenhagen 382; Boutin –; Evans –; Traeger –. Fine, toned, minor double strike on obverse. Very rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America (6 December 1999), lot 638 (part of).
CRETE, Knossos. Circa 40-30 BC. Æ (26mm, 15.50 g, 1h). Tauriadas, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus right; A below, thunderbolt to right / Eagle standing right, wings spread; magistrate's name across field, Γ between legs. RPC 932; Svoronos, Numismatique 160; SNG Copenhagen –; Traeger –. Near VF, dark green and brown patina. Rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America (6 December 1999), lot 638 (part of).
CRETE, Knossos. Circa 40-30 BC. Æ (27mm, 14.19 g, 1h). Tauriadas, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus right; A below, thunderbolt to right / Eagle standing right, wings spread; magistrate's name across field, A between legs. RPC 932; cf. Svoronos, Numismatique 161–2; SNG Copenhagen –; Traeger –. Fine, rough dark brown patina with hue of pale green. Rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Malloy LXV (24 May 2002), lot 101; Garth Drewry Collection (Triton XI, 8 January 2008), lot 1754 (part of).
CRETE, Knossos. Nero. AD 54–68. Æ (24mm, 8.82 g, 7h). Volumnius & Lupinus, duoviri. Struck circa AD 55-60. Bare head of Nero right, slight drapery; scepter over shoulder / Head of Octavia right, surmounted by crescent, vis–à-vis head of Nero left, surmounted by star. Cf. RPC 1005–6; cf. Svoronos, Numismatique 217; SNG Copenhagen –; Traeger 199e. Fine, brown patina, obverse off center. Rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Christie's New York (3 June 1997), lot 566 (part of).
CRETE, Kydonia. Circa 450-330 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.78 g, 6h). Land tortoise with segmented shell / Large square incuse with skew pattern. E.S.G. Robinson, "Pseudoaeginetica" in NC 1928, 11; Svoronos, Numismatique –; cf. SNG Copenhagen 402; cf. Traeger 213–6; Traité III 118. Near VF, toned, light scratches, rough surfaces. Rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex J. M. Flounders Collection (Spink 34, 14 March 1984), lot 358 (part of).
CRETE, Kydonia. Circa 320-270 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.22 g, 12h). Head of Artemis Diktynna left / The hero Kydon standing left, stringing bow. Svoronos, Numismatique 25; SNG Copenhagen –; Boutin 164; Evans –; Traeger 223. Fine, toned, weakly struck, obverse off center. Rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America (6 December 1999), lot 638 (part of).
CRETE, Kydonia. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Æ (14mm, 1.95 g, 1h). Youthful head right / Hound seated right. Svoronos, Numismatique 49; cf. SNG Copenhagen 412–3; Traeger 230b–d. Fine, rough brown and green patina.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Glendining (18 February 1976), lot 159 (part of).
CRETE, Kydonia. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Æ (10mm, 0.90 g, 9h). Youthful head right / Hound seated right. Svoronos, Numismatique 51; cf. SNG Copenhagen 414; Traeger 227 var. (arrangement of ethnic). Fine, rough brown patina, spot of active corrosion on reverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex H. G. Oldenburg (1 November 1991), lot 429 (part of).
CRETE, Kydonia. Early 2nd century BC. AR Trihemiobol (13mm, 1.12 g, 1h). Head of Pan left / Hound seated right. Svoronos, Numismatique 18; SNG Copenhagen 411; Boutin 169; Evans –; Traeger 233. Fine, lightly toned, edge chipped, rough surfaces, off center on reverse. Rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Walter Holt, July 1991.
CRETE, Kydonia. 2nd-1st century BC. Æ (15.5mm, 3.20 g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Crescent facing upward. Svoronos, Numismatique 65; SNG Copenhagen 420; Traeger 238. Fine, dark red-brown patina, spot of active corrosion on obverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America (6 December 1999), lot 638 (part of).
CRETE, Kydonia. 2nd-1st century BC. Æ (14mm, 2.94 g, 1h). Owl standing right, head facing; A Π across field / Star within upturned crescent. Svoronos, Numismatique 85; SNG Copenhagen 421 corr. (letters on obv.); cf. Traeger 241. Fine, dark red-brown patina, reverse off center. Rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Wynyard Coin Centre (M. R. Roberts), 1 August 1986.
CRETE, Kydonia. Domitian. AD 81-96. Leaded Æ (30.5mm, 16.21 g, 12h). Neokydos Thera, magistrate. Laureate head right / Zeus seated left, holding grain ears and scepter. RPC 46; Svoronos, Numismatique 139; SNG Copenhagen 427; Traeger –. Good Fine, brown patina, some roughness. Very rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Cornelius C. Vermule III Collection (Triton III, 30 November 1999), lot 1663 (part of).
CRETE, Lappa. Circa 200-67 BC. Æ (13mm, 1.80 g, 1h). Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Boukranion. Svoronos, Numismatique 18; SNG Copenhagen –; Traeger –; Weber 4518. Good Fine, hard green patina. Very rare.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Glendining (9 December 1987), lot 103 (part of).