Watch List notes:

CRETE, Phaistos. Circa 300-270 BC. Drachm (Silver, 17mm, 5.76 g 1). Head of Aphrodite (?) to right, her hair bound in a roll, and wearing a triple pendant earring and a pearl necklace; below chin to right, rose. Rev. Remains of an uncertain inscription Facing bull's head. Le Rider pl. XXVII, 6 (same dies). Very rare. Toned. Slightly corroded surfaces, otherwise, nearly very fine.


From the Stoecklin Collection.