The Prospero Collection - Part 12 - Baldwin's

538 Caria, Knidos (c.465-449 B.C.), Silver Drachm, 6.22g, . Forepart of a roaring lion to right, its jaws
gaping and tongue protruding. Rev. Head of Aphrodite facing to right, within an incuse square (Cahn 72
(V 36 / R 53); Boston 1987 (these dies); SNG Keckman 129 (these dies); SNG Copenhagen 231 (these
dies); SNG Kayhan 819 (these dies); McClean 8477 (these dies)). Some minor pitting on obverse, good
style, toned, very fine. $ 1,000
539 Caria, Knidos (c.449-411 B.C.), Silver Drachm, 6.05g, . Forepart of a roaring lion to right, its jaws
gaping and tongue protruding. Rev. Head of Aphrodite facing to right, wearing a necklace, within an
incuse square (Cahn 88 (V 41 / R 60), pl. VII; SNG Keckman 134 (these dies)). Pretty style, attractively
toned, nearly extremely fine. $ 1,500
Ex Frank Sternberg, Auction XXIV, Zurich, 19 & 20 November 1990, lot 105
540 Caria, Knidos (c.405 B.C.), Silver Tridrachm, 11.06g, . Σ-Y-N, the infant Herakles, naked, kneeling to
right on ground line, strangling a serpent in each hand. Rev. KNI-Δ-IΩ-N, head of Aphrodite facing to
right, her hair rolled, a prow before, all within an incuse square (Hecatomnus Hoard, Cnidus (R. Ashton),
Coin Hoards IX, 1 (A1/P1); SNG Keckman 164 (these dies); SNG Kayhan 822 (these dies); BMC 27
var.). Some light pitting, good very fine. $ 8,250
Purchased privately in 1987