Knidos. 465-449 BC. Silver Drachm (6.38g). Forepart of lion right, with open mouth / Head of Aphrodite right, wearing ear pendant and necklace, pearl diadem in the hair, which ends in a plait at the back; incuse square. Cahn 49, 77.32 (this specimen); SNG Cop. 238 (same dies); Traite I, pl. XVIII, 15 (same dies). Wonderful old cabinet toning. EF for the type and undoubtedly one of the finest known examples. This drachm, struck at Knidos in Caria circa 465-449 BC, belongs to a period when the cit

fluid handling silver

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