Stater

Features

Issuer Phaistos (Crete (ancient))
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 300 BC - 270 BC
Value Silver Stater (3)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 11.05 g
Diameter 10.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
135180
References SvoronosCr# 59,
Iōannēs N. Svorōnos; 1890. Numismatique de la Crète ancienne. Protat frères, Paris, France.
BMC Greek# 12,
Reginald Stuart Poole; 1876. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum / Volume 2. Sicily. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
And 26 more volumes.
Hunterian# 9
George MacDonald; 1899. Catalogue of Greek coins in the Hunterian collection, University of Glasgow / Volume I. Italy, Sicily, Macedon, Thrace, and Thessaly. James Maclehose and Sons, Glasgow.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Herakles, nude but for lion skin draped over left arm, standing left, his left hand extended and holding one head of the Hydra, which he strikes at with club held in aloft in his right hand. Crab between his legs below.

Reverse

Bull advancing right. Inscription above.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΦAIΣTIΩN

Translation: Phaistos

Mint

Phaestus, Crete, Greece

Comments

Le Rider, Crétoises, pl. XXIII, 22; Mionnet II p. 291, 254; Regling, Kunstwerk 661; Traeger 300.

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Stater
CNG
Triton XXI
Lot 433
Internet Archive
9 Jan 2018 VF USD 11 000.00
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