Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals | M&M Numismatics Ltd - Auction 60, Lot 101
Crete, Phaistos. Silver Stater (10.61 g), ca. 300-270 BC
Herakles standing left, lion's skin draped over arm, striking at Hydra with club; between feet, crab. Reverse: ΦAIΣTΩN, bull standing right. Svoronos 59; Le Rider pl. XXIII, 22. NGC grade Ch VF; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5. Edge chips (photo certificate). Despite the fact that the Cretan city of Phaistos was far removed from Lerna in the Peloponnesos, the obverse of this coin depicts Herakles engaged in the second of his twelve Labors - ...