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            [Image]              CRETE: Cydonia. Ca. 320–280 BC. AR diobol.
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           ID, etc.)             CRETE. Cydonia. Ca. 320–280 BC. AR diobol (1.70 gm). Head of
                                 young Dionysus or nymph left, long hair rolled around face
                                 and in loose chignon behind, loose locks falling down back
      Mail Bid Home Page         of neck / Raised linear square in which raised lines forming
                                 “skew” pattern. R.B. Seager, "A Cretan Coin Hoard," ANSMMN
                                 23 (New York, 1924), Type H. E.S.G. Robinson,
                                 “Pseudoaeginetica,“ NC 1928, p. 192, 48, pl. x. SNG Lockett
                                 2547. Very rare. Obverse struck from worn die. Small patch
                                 of corrosion behind head. Toned. Good very fine

                                 Estimated Value: $ 700

 ... sold for high bid of $575 [ $661.25, or approx 515.775 EUR, 343.85 GBP ] including the 15% buyers fee. 


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

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear, www.freemanandsear.com.