Watch List notes:

ANCIENT COINS. GREEK COINS. Caria, Knidos (c.490-465 B.C.), Silver Drachm, 6.24g, 8h.Forepart of a roaring lion to right, its jaws gaping and tongue protruding. Rev. Head of Aphrodite facing to right, within an incuse square (Cahn 56, 6 (V30/R43) (this coin), pl. IV; SNG Keckman 121 (these dies); SNG von Aulock 2597 (these dies); Jameson 1532 (these dies)).Well-centred on a broad flan, attractive iridescent cabinet tone, about extremely fine, with an old pedigree.
Ex H de Nanteuil Collection, 555
Ex J Vinchon, Nouveau Drouot, Paris, 11-13 April 1988, lot 508
Ex Prospero Collection, The New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, lot 537

Estimate: US$ 3,500