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Diobol of Knidos with head of lion, struck under Euphr[...]
Greek
Late Archaic Period
510–480 B.C.
Mint: Caria, Knidos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 12 mm. Weight: 1.70 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1065
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1976.
DescriptionObverse: Lion's head to right, mouth open.
Reverse: In incuse square, bust of Aphrodite to right, with earring and double necklace, hair in curled up queue behind.
Inscription in Greek above.
Reverse: In incuse square, bust of Aphrodite to right, with earring and double necklace, hair in curled up queue behind.
Inscription in Greek above.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1165); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren