Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 743. Estimate $1500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $1050. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARIA, Knidos. Circa 395-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.72 gm). Stiphos, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite Euploia left; prow behind / Forepart of roaring lion left;
[STI]FO[S] below; all within incuse square. Hecatomnus (Ashton) pg. 118, 19d (A7/P19 - this coin); SNG Helsinki 166 (same dies); BMC Caria pg. 87, 24 var. (monogram, magistrate); SNG Copenhagen -. VF, minor porosity. ($1500)
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Lanz 40 (25 May 1987), lot 289; Hecatomnus Hoard.