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            [Image]              CRETE: Cydonia. Ca. 320–280 BC. AR drachm.
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           ID, etc.)             CRETE. Cydonia. Ca. 320–280 BC. AR drachm (4.23 gm). Head of
                                 Athena right, wearing acorn earring and crested Corinthian
                                 helmet with coiled serpent device on bowl / ?????, bitch
      Mail Bid Home Page         standing left, suckling infant Cydon, star(?) above.
                                 Svoronos 41, pl. ix, 25 (same dies). BMC Crete 9, pl. vii,
                                 7. Very rare. Struck from mildly worn dies. Good very fine

                                 Ex Münzen und Medaillen 66, 22–23 October 1984, lot 167; ex
                                 Frank Sherman Benson Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge,
                                 3 February 1909, lot 610); ex Hyman Montagu Collection
                                 (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 23 March 1896, lot 429).

                                 The reverse of this drachm illustrates the childhood of
                                 Cydon, a great grandson of Minos who was abandoned in the
                                 forest after his birth, but found and nourished by a female
                                 hunting dog.

                                 Estimated Value: $ 3,750

 ... sold for high bid of $3300 [ $3795, or approx 2960.1 EUR, 1973.4 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.