[Freeman and Sear Mail Bid Sale lot : 7

CRETE. Cydonia. Ca. 320–280 BC. AR stater (10.75 gm). Signed
by the artist Neuantos. Head of Dictynna right, wearing
multiple pendant earring, hair wreathed with grapes and vine
leaves; behind engraver’s signature ???????? ????? in tiny
letters / ?????, the hero Cydon, nude, standing left,
stringing bow. Le Rider pl. ix, 18 (this coin). Svoronos 3,
pl. ix, 3 (same dies). Very rare. A few surface flaws
resulting from overstriking. Very fine

Ex Phaestus hoard, 1953 (IGCH 152).

Estimated Value: $ 3,750

From the Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 13, Closed August 25th, 2006.

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear, www.freemanandsear.com.