id:			111426
accession number:	1929.914
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.914
updated:		2023-11-28 10:32:40.606000

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
	<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: ?-1929
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1929-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cahn, Herbert A. <em>Knidos: die Münzen des sechsten und des fünften Jahrhunderts v. Chr. </em>Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1970.
	page number: 	No. 72, pp. 45-6, & 226, Tafel 16
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