ANCIENT COINS, ANCIENT GREEK COINS, Caria, Knidos. Silver Drachm (6.09 g), ca. 520-495 BC. Head of a roaring lion right, paw outstretched. Rev. K?-I, head of Aphrodite right, wearing sakkos; all within incuse square. (Cahn 40.2 (O21/R33; this coin); Pozzi 2574 (same dies)). Nice old cabinet toning. Very fine.
ex Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky Collection (Gemini VII, 9 January 2011), lot 515
ex Furst Waldeck of Arolsen Collection (Munzhandlung Basel IV, 1 Oct. 1935), lot 823.
Estimate: $ 800