Greek Coins. Cydonia.
Tetradrachm circa 100-80, AR 14.17 g. Π – A / Σ – I / Ω – N Head of Artemis r., quiver and bow behind her neck. Rev. KY – ΔΩ / NIA – TA / N Diktynna standing facing, head l., holding a torch in her l. hand; a hound sits at her feet. All within laurel-wreath. Svoronos 60 (this obverse die). Jameson 1322 (this obverse die). McClean 7090 and pl. 239, 10 (this obverse die).
Very rare. Lovely light iridescent tone, surface slightly porous, otherwise good very fine
Ex Vinchon, 14 April 1984, Comtesse de Behague 137 and CGB 47, 2011, 96 sales. From the de Behague and A. A. S. collections.