Greek Coin
Artist: Greek
Location: British Museum
Date: 3rd Century BC
Materials: silver
Dimensions: 2 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £450 (Total: £450)
Vendor: Sir Hermann Weber
Review number: 282 (1919)
Description:
Tetradrachm of the city of Cnidus in Caria. Obverse: head of Aphrodite of Cnidus, approaching the type of the Praxitelean Aphrodite. Reverse: lion, with the name of a magistrate Telesiphron, his monogram on the obverse.
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