CRETE. Aptera. Circa 280 BC. Stater (Silver, 21.5 mm, 10.74 g, 1 h). [ΑΠΤΕΡΑΙΩΝ] Head of Artemis Aptera to right, wearing a stephane. Rev. ΠΤΟΛΙΟΙΚΟΣ The hero Ptolioikos, helmeted, cuirassed, standing left, raising his right hand and holding a spear and shield with his left; in the field to left, tree (here off the flan) and monogram of ΑΠ. Jameson 1314 (this coin). Le Rider, Monnaies crétoises, p. 36, 271-272 and pl. IX, 14-15 (same dies). Svoronos, Numismatique, p. 14, 2 var. Clear and toned. Very fine.
From a Swiss collection and from those of S. Boutin, Münzen und Medaillen 66, 1984, 100, R. Jameson and P. Mathey.