445, Lot: 863. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARIA, Knidos. Circa 395-380 BC. Electrotype (21mm, 13.00 g, 12h). British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready or his sons (marked R on edge). Head of Aphrodite left, hair in ampyx, wearing single-pendant earring and pearl necklace / Forepart of lion left; EYBΩΛO[Σ] below; all within incuse square. Head,
Guide, Period III.A., 40. As made, toned.
From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased from William Koonce, 2 May 1969.