★ Ex Auctiones 4, 1974 ★

Crete, Phaistos AR Stater. Circa 330-320 BC. Nude Herakles standing facing, resting his right hand on club set on ground and holding bow and lion skin with left; coiled serpent to left, tree bearing the apples of the Hesperides to right / Bull walking to left, hobbled by long rope around its feet; all within laurel wreath. Le Rider pl. 21, 20 (same dies); Svoronos, Crète, 13; Jameson 1334. 11.56g, 24mm, 8h.

About Extremely Fine; struck with the usual worn obv. die, attractive cabinet tone. Very Rare.

Ex Kleinkunst Collection;
Privately purchased from Kölner Münzkabinett in the late 1990s (ticket included);
Ex Auctiones AG, Auction 4, 26-27 November 1974, lot 118.