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Collection Online as of November 28, 2023

Drachm: Forepart of Lion (obverse)

465–449 BC

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Greek, minted at Knidos

(Karia)

Silver

Diameter: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.994.a

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

The forepart of a lion on Knidian coins is thought to represent Apollo.

Provenance
?-1917
(Charles T. Seltman, Berkhamsted, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1917-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history

Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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