CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE |
BMC 17 | Knidos, Caria, AR Drachm. Circa 490-465 BC. 16.05 mm, 6.13 gr. Forepart of roaring lion right / Incuse square within which the head of Aphrodite right of fine archaic style, hair curling upwards beneath sphendone. BMC 17-19. | Text |  |
BMC 26cf | Knidos, Caria AR Drachm. Circa 390 BC. Forepart of roaring lion right / KNI, head of Aphrodite right, in single pendant earring & necklace; within incuse square. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 258, cf. Winterthur 3415.
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BMC 31 | Knidos, Caria, AR drachm, (3.60g) c. 350 BC, Head of Artemis right, hair rolled and confined in a sphendone / TEΛECIΦΡΩN, forepart of lion right, KNI below. | Text |  |
BMC 46 | Knidos, Caria, AR drachm, 15mm, 3.15 gr. Head of Aphrodite right, hair drawn up into a knot at the back of the head, TE monogram behind / TEΛEAΣ above, KNI beneath forepart of lion right. BMC 46; SNG von Aulock 2697; Sear 4843. | Text |  |
BMC 68 | Knidos, Caria, AE10, 300-190 BC. 1.33 gr. Laureate head of Apollo right / (K)ΡATΛA(C) to left, KNI below, prow right. BMC 68; SNG von Aulock 8108-8109. | Text |  |
BMC 94 | Knidos, Caria, AE28, semi-autonomous issue. AD 100-200. 9.17 g. Head of Aphrodite right / KNIΔIΩN (retrograde), Dionysos wearing long robe, standing left, holding kantharos and transverse thyrsos. BMC 94; SNG Lewis 1653. | Text |  |
Cahn 27 | Knidos, Caria AR Drachm. Circa 520-495 BC. Head of a roaring lion right / Archaic head of Aphrodite right, within incuse square. SNG Helsinki 111, SNG Copenhagen 200.
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Cahn 28 | Knidos, Caria AR Drachm. ca 530-520 BC. Head of roaring lion right / bust of Aphrodite right, hair in sakkos, all in incuse square.
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Cahn 67 | Knidos, Caria AR Drachm. Circa 490-465 BC. Forepart of roaring lion right / Archaic head of Aphrodite right, within incuse square. SNGvA 8105.
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Cahn 78 | Knidos, Caria AR Drachm. Circa 465-449 BC. Forepart of roaring lion right / head of Aphrodite right, hair bound with taenia; within incuse square. SNG Copenhagen 238-239, McClean 8475, SNG Lockett 2363.
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Cahn 83 | Knidos, Caria AR Drachm. ca 465-449 BC. Head & foreleg of roaring lion right / K-N-I, head of Aphrodite right, beaded hair tied in queue at back of neck, in round earring & necklace, all in incuse square. Cahn 83 (V39/R58). | Text |  |
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Cahn 86A | Knidos, Caria. c449-411 BC. AR Drachm. Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, within incuse square. Cahn Series V, 86A.1.
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Cahn 86cf | Knidos, Caria AR Drachm. ca 449–411 BC. Head & foreleg of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right with beaded hair tied in queue behind neck, in taenia & pearl necklace, in incuse square.
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Cahn 91 | Knidos, Caria AR Drachm. ca 449-411 BC. Head & foreleg of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, in round earring, hair rolled, in incuse square.
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Cahn 92 | Knidos, Caria AR Drachm. Circa 411-394 BC. Forepart of roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, hair bound in sphendone decorated with flowers; within incuse square. SNG Helsinki 138, SNG Copenhagen 252.
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Cahn 125 | Knidos, Caria. Circa 449-411 BC. AR Obol (0.87 gm). Aiginetan standard. Protome of a roaring lion right / Head of Aphrodite right, wearing taenia.
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Imhoof KM 2 | Knidos, Caria, AR tetradrachm, 390-340 BC. 14.97 g. KNI, Head of Aphrodite Euploia left, wearing ampyx, earrings and necklace, prow in right field / ΦANIAΣ, forepart of roaring lion left. Imhoof KM 2. | Text |  |
Mionnet III, 231 | Knidos, Caria, AE31, ca 200 BC. 18.29 g. Magistrate Moschos. No legend, veiled head of Demeter right, wreathed with corn, countermark: bearded, male head right / MOΣXOΣ KNIΔIΩN, Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm. Mionnet III, 231. | Text |  |
Rosen 635 | Knidos, Caria, AR hemiobol, (0.34g) c. 530-520 BC, Lion head right. / Head of Aphrodite right, inside dotted linear border, all in incuse square.
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SNG Helsinki 163 | Knidos, Caria. ca 450 BC. AR Drachm. Forepart of lion right / KNIΔIΩN, Head of Aphrodite Phileon right; all within incuse square. SNGvA 2600.
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SNG Helsinki 182 | Knidos, Caria, AE13, 2.09 gr. 250-210 BC. (ΔAMOKΡATIAΣ), head of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane / KNI above prow right; club and magistrate's name TEΛEΣIΦΡΩN (?) below. SNG Keckman 1 182. | Text |  |
SNG Helsinki 189 | Knidos, Caria AR Hemidrachm. 325-300 BC. Head of Aphrodite right / Three-quarter facing head of a bull, head turned slightly right; AΓHΣIKΛHΣ (magistrate).
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SNG Helsinki 192 | Knidos, Caria. Circa 250-210 BC. AR Tetrobol. Bust of Artemis right, quiver on shoulder / Tripod. | Text |  |
SNG Helsinki 197 | Knidos, Caria AR Tetrobol. Circa 250-210 BC. Draped bust of Artemis right, in stephane, bow & quiver over shoulder / Tripod; EΠIΓENHΣ (magistrate).
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SNG Keckman 164 | Knidos, Caria, AR tridrachm (double siglos), ca 405-404 BC. 21mm, 11.06 g. Σ-Y-N around, the infant Herakles, naked, kneeling right, arms forming a straight, slanting line from upper left to lower right, strangling a serpent in each hand and looking at the serpent on the ground / KNIΔIΩN around Head of Aphrodite right, prow beneath chin; all within incuse square. Hecatomnus 1; SNG Keckman 164 (same dies). | Text |  |
SNG Tub 3430 | Knidos, Caria, AE24, 190-167 BC. Bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind shoulder / KNIΔIΩN ΠANTA to left and right of tripod. SNG Tuebingen 3430. | Text |  |
SNG vA 2599cf | Knidos, Caria. Circa 400 BC. AR Hemitartemorion (0.09 gm). Forepart of lion left / Head of Aphrodite right.
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Sear SG 4837 | Knidos, Caria, AR diobol. ca 500 BC. 14 mm, 1.83 g. Head of roaring lion right. / Archaic head of Aphrodite right, hair bound with fillet and falling down behind; all within incuse square with dotted linear border. SNG Cop 249; Sear SG 4837. | Text |  |
Sear SG 4845 | Knidos, Caria, AR Diobol. 12 mm, 1.23 g. Magistrate Panthales. c 390-330 BC. Head of Aphrodite right, hair rolled and confined inside sphendone / KNI ΠANΘAΛHΣ, Bull's head facing. | Text |  |
Sear SG 4848 | Knidos, Caria, AR tetrobol or hemidrachm. 250-210 BC. Magistrate Kallippos. 2.53 g. Head of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder. / KNIΔIΩN KAΛΛIΠΠOΣ, Tripod. Sear 4848; SNG Cop 288; SNG Leipzig 1236; SNG Keckman 195. (BMC 49 (with KAΛΛIΠOΣ only)). | Text |  |
Sear SG 4851 | Caria, Knidos 190-167 BC. AR Didrachm. Magistrate Diokles. 4.99 g. Head of Helios, facing slightly right / KNI ΔIOKΛHΣ, head and one foreleg of lion right, rose in left field. Sear SG 4851; BMC 74-75; Dewing 2369. | Text |  |
Sear SG 4860 | Caria, Knidos AE19. After 167 BC. 4.83 g. Laureate head of Apollo right with hair in formal curls. / ΠANTAΛEΩN KNIΔIΩN, Head and neck of bull left with head facing. Sear SG 4860; BMC 80-82; SNG Keckman 217; SNG Spencer-Churchill 190 (all without final N in rev legend parts). | Text |  |
CARACALLA |
BMC 99 | Caracalla, AE29 of Knidos, Caria. AD 198-217. AY K MAΡ AY ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / KNIΔIΩN (anticlockwise from upper left), Homonoia standing left by altar, holding patera and cornucopiae. BMC 99; SNG von Aulock 8113 (this coin). | Text |  |
BMC 100 | Caracalla and Plautilla, AE32 of Knidos, Caria. 18.18 g. AD 202-205. AY K M ANTΩNINOC ΦOYΡBIA ΠΛAYTI, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right, facing draped bust of Plautilla left. / KNIΔIΩN, Aphrodite Praxitiles, naked, standing right, holding her drapery falling behind an amphora, facing Asklepios, standing left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. SNG Tuebingen 3431; BMC 100; SNG Keckman 1 218. | Text |  |
Mionnet Supp III, 240 | Caracalla and Plautilla, AE32 of Knidos, Caria. 18.56 g. AD 202-205. AY K M ANTΩNINOC ΦOYΡBIA ΠΛAYTI, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right, facing draped bust of Plautilla left. / KNIΔIΩN, Aphrodite Praxitiles, naked, standing front in bashful post, holding her drapery falling behind an amphora. Mionnet Supp III, 240. | Text |  |
Waddington 2335 | Caracalla and Plautilla, AE33 of Knidos, Caria. 17.17 g. AD 202-205. AY K M ANTΩNINOC ΦOYΡBIA ΠΛAYTIΛΛA, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right, facing draped bust of Plautilla left. Countermark: laureate head right (Howgego 83). / KNIΔIΩN, Aphrodite in bashful pose standing front, holding out drapery that falls behind amphora at foot, facing Apollo standing left, resting left arm on lyre set on column. Waddington 2335; Paris 544. | Text |  |
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