Ancient Coins: GREEK SILVER: Crete, Gortyna, ex: Lockett
AR Stater, 11.58g. 27mm. c.330-270 B.C. Europa seated in tree to right. Rev. Bull walking to right and looking backwards. Svoronos 57(same obv. die). SNG COP 440. SNG Lockett 2558=LeRider, plate XII,3 (this coin). Toned and exceptionally well struck for this type which is usually obscured by the over-striking.
This coin is over-struck on a stater of Lyttos.
Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Lockett collection, Glendining, London, Auction May 27, 1959, lot 203 (for bio see: https://coin.com/indexes/?find=2673)
Ex: Robert Ebert collection, Stacks, NY, Auction Jan. 12 2013, lot 5536.
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