CRETE. Lyttos. Circa 320-270 BC. Stater (Silver, 25 mm, 10.57 g, 1 h). Eagle with spread wings flying to right, holding a prey animal in its talons. Rev. ΛΥΤΤIO-N (retrograde) Head of boar with open jaws to left, all within incuse square bordered by dots. Le Rider p. 32, 221 and pl.VIII, 2 (same dies). Svoronos 58 and cf. pl. 22, 7 (same obverse die). Clear and toned. Struck from worn dies, with die breaks on the reverse and with a faint graffito (A) in the obverse field, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Aletheia Collection, ex LHS 100, 23 April 2007, 277, Münzen & Medaillen DE 14, 16 April 2004, 423, Münzen & Medaillen DE 11, 7 November 2002, 672, Münzen & Medaillen FPL 400, 1987, 17, Giessener Münzhandlung 22, 25 May 1982, 96, and Peus 301, 25 May 1981, 374.