[Freeman and Sear Mail Bid Sale lot : 9

CRETE. Cydonia. Ca. 320–280 BC. AR stater (9.12 gm). Head of
nymph or maenad left, hair wreathed with ivy and vine leaves
/ ?????, the hero Cydon, nude, standing left, stringing bow,
in left field race torch above hound right. Svoronos 16, pl.
ix, 7 and 8 (same dies). Weber 4435 (same obverse die). Very
rare variant. Struck on a broad flan. Lightly toned. Good
fine

Ex Münzen und Medaillen 66, 22–23 October 1984, lot 165.

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.