Crete, Phaistos AR Stater. Mid-Late 4th century BC. Herakles standing in fighting attitude to left, wearing Nemean lion skin, seizing with his left hand one of the heads of the Lernean Hydra, and with his right hand preparing to strike with club; by right foot, crab on exergual line / ΦΑΙΣΤΙOΝ, Bull butting to right on straight exergual line. Cf. obverse: Svoronos pl. 24, 22 and Svoronos pl. 24, 19 (same die), and reverse Le Rider pl. 24, 24. 11.88g, 27mm, 10h.
Very Fine - Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
Ex Hess-Divo 329, 17 November 2015, lot 80.