CRETE. Phaistos. Circa 320-300 BC. Stater (Silver, 25 mm, 10.48 g, 9 h). Τ - ΑΛ - ΩΝ Talos, nude, standing facing on ground line, his wings spread, raising his right hand to hurl a stone, and holding another stone in his left, down by his side. Rev. ΦΑΙΣΤΙΩΝ Bull butting to right, on ground line. Le Rider p. 96, 62 and pl. xxiv, 4 and Svoronos, Numismatique, p. 264 67 and pl. xxiv, 24. Very rare. About very fine.
From the stock of an old Swiss dealer assembled mainly in the 1960s-1970s.