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Stater
| Issuer | Gortyna |
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| Year | 330 BC - 270 BC |
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| Reference(s) | SvoronosCr#83, SNG Copenhagen#443, BMC Greek#29, Dewing#1022 |
| Obverse description | Europa seated in three-quarter view to the right within the branches of a plane tree, her garment draped about her lower body; she raises her veil with her right hand in the gesture of the anasyrmenos while her left arm extends outward in a defensive posture against the advances of Zeus in the guise of an eagle. The mythological scene is rendered with considerable plastic depth, characteristic of the finest Cretan die-engraving of the fourth and third centuries BC. |
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| Mint | Gortyna, Crete |
| Mintage | ND (330 BC - 270 BC) |
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