CNG 106, Lot: 423. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARIA, Knidos. Circa 395-380 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.05 g, 2h). Kleosthenes, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite left, hair in ampyx and sphendone; behind neck, prow left / Forepart of lion left; [KΛ]EOΣΘENHΣ below; all within incuse square. Hecatomnus 32 (A13/P30); SNG Keckman –; Consul Weber 3131 (same obv. die); Gulbenkian 761 (same obv. die); Hunt IV 379 (same obv. die). Good VF, dark iridescent tone, slightly off center. Rare.