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                                 Lot: 8

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            [Image]              CRETE: Cydonia. Ca. 320–280 BC. AR stater.
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           ID, etc.)             CRETE. Cydonia. Ca. 320–280 BC. AR stater (11.25 gm). Head
                                 of nymph or maenad left, wearing pendant earring, hair
                                 wreathed with ivy and vine leaves / ????? (retrograde), the
      Mail Bid Home Page         hero Cydon, nude, standing left, stringing bow. Le Rider pl.
                                 x, 1 (this coin). Svoronos 23, pl. ix, 15 (same dies). Very
                                 rare. Softly struck. Granular surfaces. Lightly toned. Good
                                 fine

                                 Ex Phaestus hoard, 1953 (IGCH 152).

                                 The hero Cydon, generally regarded as the eponymous founder
                                 of Cydonia, was also the prototype of the Cydonian archers.
                                 These highly regarded warriors made their bows from the
                                 horns of the ibex.

                                 Estimated Value: $ 3,000

 ... Lot was unsold.
 


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

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