Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 243 Numistats ref: 672734

No match
Greek Category
CRETE, Phaistos. Circa 300-270 BC. AR Stater (25.5mm, 11.79 g, 12h). 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 aloft in his right hand; crab between his legs below / Bull advancing right; ΦAIΣTIΩN above. Svoronos, Numismatique 64 (same dies); Le Rider, Crétoises, pl. XXIII, 24 var. (rev. type left; same obv. die); Mionnet II p. 291, 253 (same obv. die). Faintly toned, traces of find patina, slightly weak strike. Good VF.


Ex Roma X (27 September 2015), lot 381 (hammer £13,000).
Description
Good VF Grade
4314.38 EUR Starting
7190.63 EUR Estimate
EUR Realized