Watch List notes:

CARIA. Knidos. Circa 465-449 BC. Drachm (Silver, 15 mm, 6.20 g, 9 h). Forepart of a roaring lion to right. Rev. Κ-Ν-Ι Head of Aphrodite to right, wearing pearl necklace and with her hair falling down the back of her neck and tied at the end; all within incuse square. BMFA 1985-1986. Cahn 83 (V39/R58). SNG Copenhagen 242. Beautifully toned and of charming classical style. Light scratches and the reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.


From the Baldwin Maull Collection, Classical Numismatic Group 112, 11 September 2019, 294 and previously acquired in the 1950s to early 1960s.