Watch List notes:

CRETE. Gortyna. Circa 250-221 BC. AE (Bronze, 17 mm, 5.10 g, 12 h). ΓO Europa seated half-right in plane tree, leaning her right hand on branch and propping her head on her left; to left, eagle sitting left, head turned to right. Rev. ΓOPTYN Europa riding on bull galloping to left. SNG Copenhagen 447. Svoronos, Numismatique 110. Traeger 8. Beautifully patinated and exceptionally preserved for this difficult issue. Minor flan fault on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.