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Drachm
| Issuer | Knidos |
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| Year | 411 BC - 404 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a lion facing three-quarters to the right, rendered in bold archaic style with a richly detailed mane depicted through incised overlapping curls. A crescent symbol appears above the lion's head in the upper left field, serving as a civic or magistrate's emblem characteristic of Knidian coinage of this period. The lion's open jaws and musculature are rendered with confident, expressive craftsmanship typical of late fifth-century BC Greek engraving. |
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| Reverse description | Head of Aphrodite facing right, depicted in fine archaic-to-early Classical style with neatly rendered hair bound by a wreath or taenia, and a beaded necklace at the throat. The effigy is set within a shallow incuse square, characteristic of hammered Greek silver coinage of this era. The Greek letters K and N flank the head in the field to the left and right respectively, serving as abbreviations of the ethnic KNI(DION). The portrait exhibits the refined workmanship associated with the celebrated school of Knidian die-cutters active in the late fifth century BC. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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