CLASSICAL COINS
ISLAND OF CRETE
PHAESTUS
Stater, about 330-300 BC. AR 11.70 g. Heracles, nude, seen from the back, lion skin over l. forearm fighting the monster Hydra: he grasps one of the heads with his l. hand, his r. hand with the club raised above head; between his legs, crab. Rev. FAISTIWN Bull butting r. Svoronos, C. 263,58 (this obv. die ?, same rev. die with no. 65/pl. XXIV,22).
Very rare and impressive mythological representation . Oval flan. Almost extremely fine