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Crete. Praesus. c. 420-380 BC. Drachm, 4.99g. (6h). Obv: Herakles kneeling right, shooting arrow; lionskin over shoulders. Rx: Bird (eagle?) flying right within incuse square. Very rare as stater; perhaps unpublished in this smaller denomination. Cf. Svoronos 5; Traite II 3, 1444-5; BMC p. 70, 2; De Luynes Coll. 2370 (staters). Fine/VG.
Ex Lewis Egnew Collection.
The coinage of Praesus has no constant type, but Herakles is prominent. The reverse image is puzzling; the bird resembles a dove rather than the eagle of Zeus that would be expected here.
Ex Lewis Egnew Collection.
The coinage of Praesus has no constant type, but Herakles is prominent. The reverse image is puzzling; the bird resembles a dove rather than the eagle of Zeus that would be expected here.