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Ancient Coinage of Crete, Phaistos

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Svoronos 2Crete, Phaestus AR Stater. ca 360–350 BC. CASMTSO (retrograde), Europa seated left on rock, extending right hand to forepart of bull approaching right, with one horn growing downward / Hermes seated left on rock, holding kerykeion in right hand & resting left on rock. TextImage
Svoronos 6Crete, Phaestus AR Stater. Ca. 350–330 BC. Winged giant Talon advancing left, head right, throwing rock, dog standing right between his feet / Forepart of bull right. Le Rider pl. iii, 12. TextImage
Svoronos 59Crete, Phaestus AR Stater. ca 320–300 BC. Herakles, viewed from behind, fighting the Hydra of Lerna; the hero is nude except for the lion skin draped over his left arm; he brandishes a club in his right hand & holds one of the Hydra’s many heads with his left; between his legs, a crab / FAISTIWN, bull prancing right, head turned facing. TextImage
Svoronos 60Phaistos. Circa 300 BC. AR Stater. Nude Herakles standing right, slaying the Hydra; club in right hand, lion’s skin draped over left arm / Bull butting left. TextImage
Sear #3208Crete, Phaistos. c350-300 BC. Ć 17mm. Winged Talos advancing right, hurling a stone with his right hand, holding another stone in his left hand / FAIC-TIWN, hound walking right, sniffing the ground. Svoronos 74, SNG Cop 520, BMC 27-28. TextImage
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Phaistos
Search for Crete, Phaistos at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Crete, Phaistos on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Phaistus in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Phaistos at AncientImports.com
Search for Phaistos at Incitatus Coins

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