Watch List notes:

CARIA, Knidos. Circa 210-185 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 5.27 g, 11h). Philinos, magistrate. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Forepart of roaring lion right; grain ear to left, ΦIΛINOΣ below. Nordbø Series 13, 1043; Imhoof-Blumer, Karische 37 (this coin; from "meine sammlung"); HN Online –. Old cabinet tone, traces of find patina. Good VF.


From the Collection of an English Queen's Counsel. Ex Spink 50 (6 March 1986), lot 59; Münzen und Medaillen XIII (27 June 1954), lot 1180; Dr. Friedrich Imhoof-Blümer Collection, purchased from M. von Lennep, c. 1910/1; c. 1910 Datça (Knidos) hoard (IGCH) 1344.