id: 111426
accession number: 1929.914
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Drachm: Forepart of Lion (obverse); Head of Aphrodite (reverse), 465–449 BC. Greek, minted at Knidos (Karia). Silver; diameter: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.914
title: Drachm: Forepart of Lion (obverse); Head of Aphrodite (reverse)
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creation date: 465–449 BC
creation date earliest: -465
creation date latest: -449
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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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: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Stories From Storage
opening date: 2021-02-07T05:00:00
Stories From Storage. 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: ?-1929
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1929-
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CITATIONS
Cahn, Herbert A. Knidos: die Münzen des sechsten und des fünften Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1970.
page number: No. 72, pp. 45-6, & 226, Tafel 16
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