245, Lot: 172. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARIA, Knidos. Circa 500-490 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 6.03 g, 12h). Forepart of roaring lion right / Archaic head of Aphrodite right within incuse square. Cf. Cahn 43, 44 and 48 (V-/R35, obv. die not recorded); SNG Copenhagen 208 (same rev. die). VF, porous. Strong strike on obverse.

From the R.D. Frederick Collection.