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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hrefn, post: 7800289, member: 115171&quot;]The Gortyna stater featured by [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] in this post, and his learned write-up on the type were very affecting.&nbsp; The coin is a link to a myth, in fact one of the founding myths of Europe, and as such struck me as extraordinarily mysterious and significant.&nbsp; Coins can be works of art, historical documents, and cultural artifacts all at the same time, but the depiction of Europa struck me as a tangible link to a prehistoric past, like a passage grave or a henge.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So, yesterday I was attending the Bay State coin show.&nbsp; In the case of a dealer who does not specialize in Ancients, tucked in the corner like an afterthought, I saw the following:[ATTACH=full]1339419[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1339424[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It is overstruck on a stater of Lyttos, so what I first took to be damage is mostly due to the undertype.&nbsp; I assume the Lyttos coin looked like this pic (cribbed from Pinterest):[ATTACH=full]1339427[/ATTACH]</p><p>It makes Europa seem as if she is in a frame.&nbsp; Long story short, I bought it.&nbsp; It is my first and only Ancient Greek coin.&nbsp; But all I can say is, Wow!&nbsp; And thank you, [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER], for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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