id:			98351
accession number:	1917.994
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.994
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:24.247000

Drachm: Forepart of Lion (obverse); Head of Aphrodite (reverse), 465–449 BCE. Greek, minted at Knidos (Karia). Silver; diameter: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.994

title:				Drachm: Forepart of Lion (obverse); Head of Aphrodite (reverse)
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creation date:			465–449 BCE
creation date earliest:		-465
creation date latest:		-449
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Greek, minted at Knidos (Karia)
technique:	silver
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Greek
type:		Coins
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measurements: Diameter: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Charles T. Seltman, Berkhamsted, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1917
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1917-
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CITATIONS

	"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 64
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136092

	Cahn, Herbert A.<em> Knidos: die Münzen des sechsten und des fünften Jahrhunderts v. Chr</em>. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1970.
	page number: 	p. 48, No. 77, Tafel 17
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