Crete, Phaistos, Stater, c. 280 BC; AR (g 11,33; mm 27; h 9); Herakles, nude and seen from behind, striding to l., battling the Hydra; on r., ΦAIΣTIO[N], Rv. Bull walking l., head facing. BMC 13; Le Rider pl. XXIII, 15; SNG Lockett 2592; Svoronos 53.
Rare. Attractively toned and very well centered; overstruck on Thebes, about extremely fine.