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Auction 100 - Part 2  7 October 2015
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Lot 1399

Estimate: 7500 USD
Price realized: 11 000 USD
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CRETE, Gortyna. Circa 330-270 BC. AR Stater (25.5mm, 11.42 g, 3h). Europa seated half-right in tree, lifting her veil in her right hand, left hand resisting an eagle as it ravages her / Bull standing right, head reverted. Svoronos, Numismatique 83 (same dies as illustration); Le Rider, Crétoises pl. V, 16 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 443 (same obv. die); BMC 29; Dewing 1022 (same obv. die). EF, toned, underlying luster, traces of find patina, overstruck on uncertain type as usual, cleaning marks. Well centered and struck for type.

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