CRETE. Sybrita. Ca. 330–300 BC. AR stater (10.82 gm).

Bearded Dionysus, wreathed with ivy, enthroned left, holding
cantharus in extended right hand and thyrsus in left.
SYBRITION, Hermes standing left, petasus at back of neck,
holding phiale in right hand and kerykeion in left, outline
of round die visible. 

SNG Lockett 2608 (this coin). Svoronos 1. 
Very rare. 
Ex Münzen und Medaillen 66, 22–23 October 1984, lot 219; ex
Lockett Collection (Glendining, 1959, lot 2079).

With permission of Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 13, lot 40, August 2006.

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