Crete
Gortyna. Circa 330-270 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 17 mm, 2.88 g, 6 h). Forepart of a bull to left. Rev. ΛOPTY-ΝV... Diademed Head of Europa to right, with barley leaves above her forehead and wearing a simple earring (?). Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques, 14 = Svoronos, Numismatique 39, and pl. XIII, 13 (same dies). Very rare, unusually well-struck for these issues and most attractive. Some deposits and die rust, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a European collection formed before 2005.