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                                 Lot: 33

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            [Image]              CRETE: Phalasarna. Ca. 300–280 BC. AR drachm.
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           ID, etc.)             CRETE. Phalasarna. Ca. 300–280 BC. AR drachm (5.00 gm).
                                 Female head right, wearing pendant earring and band around
                                 head / ?—?, trident head ornamented with vegetative
      Mail Bid Home Page         tendrils. Svoronos 5, pl. xxv, 7. Very rare. Slightly rough
                                 surfaces and some old scratches. Lightly toned. Very fine

                                 The obverse type probably represents the eponymous nymph
                                 Phalasarna, who was apparently assimilated to Britomartis
                                 Dictynna and to Artemis.

                                 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.