Watch List notes:

CRETE, Gortyna. Circa 330-270 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 10.87 g, 7h). 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; Le Rider, Crétoises, p. 27, 140, pl. V, 16 = SNG Delepierre 2386 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 443. Toned, typical die wear, a few small cleaning scratches on obverse, shallow cut on reverse. VF.


From the B.G. Collection. Ex Hess-Divo 321 (25 October 2012), lot 128 (hammer 3400 CHF).