GORTYNA SILVER DRACHM – EUROPA AND BULL TYPE – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK CRETE COIN (Inv. 19783)

Description

19783. CRETE. GORTYNA. Ca. 4th CENTURY BC.
Silver Drachm, 5.58 g, 21 mm.
Head of Europa right. Rev. Head of bull right within concave field.
Svoronos, Crète Ancienne, 92 (same dies) = Mionnet II, 300, I; BMC 38.
Ex Heritage 232433, 8/14/2024, lot 63056 = Coin Cabinet, 5/30/2024, lot 94.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 3/5, Surface 4/5, “overstruck,” a particularly well struck specimen from high relief dies.