REPRODUCTIONS, CRETE. Knossos. Circa 300-270 BC. Cast "AR Stater" (23mm, 11.73 g, 1h). Derived from a British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready (R R on edge). Head of Hera left, wearing stephanos decorated with palmettes / Labyrinth; A-P across field, spearhead to left, thunderbolt to right. Cf. Head, Guide, Period III.B., 39 (for electrotype); cf. GPCG pl. 24, 54 (for prototype). Toned. As made.
From the W.B and R.E. Montgomery Collection.