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            [Image]              CRETE: Itanus. Ca. 330–300 BC. AR stater.
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           ID, etc.)             CRETE. Itanus. Ca. 330–300 BC. AR stater (10.70 gm). Head of
                                 Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with
                                 palmettes / ???????, eagle with closed wings standing left,
      Mail Bid Home Page         head reverted, looking at sea god reclining right, holding
                                 trident, placed sideways in right field, edges of square die
                                 visible. Svoronos 35, pl. xix, 17 (same obverse die). Le
                                 Rider pl. viii, 15 (same dies). Traité III, pl. ccxlv, 4
                                 (same dies). Very rare. Rough surfaces, otherwise good very
                                 fine

                                 Ex Münzen und Medaillen 66, 22–23 October 1984, lot 140.

                                 The head of Athena on the obverse may commemorate an
                                 Athenian intervention in the first half of the fourth
                                 century which enabled the people of Itanus to expel their
                                 tyrant and establish a democracy. The eagle on the reverse
                                 symbolizes the local cult of Zeus Dictaeus. The small sea
                                 god recalls the original coin type of Itanus, which may
                                 represent the hero Itanus, Phoenician founder of the city,
                                 or Glaucus, son of Minos.

                                 Estimated Value: $ 6,750

 ... Lot was unsold.
 


From the Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 13, Closed August 25th, 2006.

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