[Freeman and Sear Mail Bid Sale Lot: 11

CRETE. Cydonia. Ca. 320–280 BC. AR drachm (4.23 gm). Head of
Athena right, wearing acorn earring and crested Corinthian
helmet with coiled serpent device on bowl / ?????, bitch
standing left, suckling infant Cydon, star(?) above.
Svoronos 41, pl. ix, 25 (same dies). BMC Crete 9, pl. vii,
7. Very rare. Struck from mildly worn dies. Good very fine

Ex Münzen und Medaillen 66, 22–23 October 1984, lot 167; ex
Frank Sherman Benson Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge,
3 February 1909, lot 610); ex Hyman Montagu Collection
(Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 23 March 1896, lot 429).

Estimated Value: $ 3,750

sold for $3300

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

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