Cydonia Tetradrachm circa 2nd-1st century BC, AR 14.15 g. Π – A / Σ – I / Ω – N Head of Artemis r., bow and quiver over her l. shoulder. Rev. KY – ΔΩ / NIA – TA / N Diktynna standing facing, her head turned to l., holding a long torch in her l. hand; a hound sits at her feet. All within laurel-wreath. BMC 22 and pl. VII, 16 (this obverse die). Svoronos, Crète 60. Jameson 1322 (this obverse die). McClean 7090 (these dies). SNG Lockett 2551 (this obverse die). SNG Berry 875 (these dies). SNG Copenhagen 416 (this obverse die).
Very rare. Old cabinet tone and good very fine
Ex New York sale XXVII, 2012, Prospero 410. Privately purchased from Spink & Son 1988.
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