[Freeman and Sear Mail Bid Sale lot : 10

CRETE. Cydonia. Ca. 320–280 BC. AR drachm (5.52 gm). Head of
Dictynna left, wearing pendant earring, wreathed with ivy /
?????, the hero Cydon, nude, standing left, stringing bow.

Le Rider pl. i, 7 (same dies). Svoronos 25, pl. ix, 16. Very
rare. Obverse struck from a worn die. Lightly toned. 

Ex Münzen und Medaillen 66, 22–23 October 1984, lot 164.

Estimated Value: $ 800

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

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