Triton XVI, Lot: 489. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARIA, Knidos. Circa 465-449 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 6.15 g, 9h). Forepart of lion roaring right / Head of Aphrodite right, wearing tainia, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace, within incuse square. Cahn Series IV, 82 (V39/R56); SNG Keckman 133 (same dies); Karl 222–4; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen 236 (same dies); SNG Lockett 2361 (same dies); Pozzi 2582 (same dies). Good VF, attractively toned.
From a Continental Collection, purchased privately in 1977.