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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4795017, member: 57495&quot;]The obverse of these staters of Gortyna are almost always described as showing Europa seated in the branches of a plane tree, but M. Svoronos in his <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43585834?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43585834?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents" rel="nofollow">1894 monograph</a> argues that the figure depicted is more likely to be Britomartis, a mountain goddess worshipped predominantly in Crete.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1164714[/ATTACH]<b>CRETE, Gortyna</b></p><p>AR Stater. 11.68g, 27mm x 24.5mm. CRETE, Gortyna, circa 330-270 BC. BMC Crete pg. 38, 9, pl. IX. 8 (same rev die); SNG Cop 442; Svoronos 59. O: Europa, wearing chiton with short sleeves and peplos over lower limbs, seated right in platanus tree; right hand on tree, heading resting pensively on left arm which is bent and supported by her knee. R: Bull standing right, head reverted, right hind leg lifted. </p><p><i>Ex Matthew Curtis Collection; ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1398</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Here&#039;s one of Europa on a bull that I do have... </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1164715[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>IBERIA, Castulo (Kastilo)</b></p><p>AE28. 11.75g, 28.2mm. IBERIA, Castulo, early 1st century BC. SNG Cop. 223; SNG BM Spain 1394; Villaronga CNH 339; Burgos 120/906. O: L Q V F Q ISC F, male head left. R: MCF, Europa, cloak billowing over her head, riding bull right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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