‡ Crete, Priansos, drachm, c. 300 BC, female head right (Artemis or Persephone?), hair rolled around head, rev., ΠΡΙΑΝ-ΣΙΕΙΩΝ, palm tree flanked by dolphin and rudder, 5.88g, die axis 7.00 (Svoronos pl. 28, 25, same reverse die; Traité III, pl. 248, 21, same dies; SNG Delepierre 2428, same obverse die), toned and extremely fine Provenance: Hyman Montagu collection, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 23 March 1896, lot 455; John Ward collection; JP Morgan, 1905; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sotheby’s Zurich, 4 April 1973, lot 485; and Tradart, Geneva, 12 December 1991, lot 126; European Connoisseur collection (formed before 2002).

Estimate: GBP 2500-3000