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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Caria| > |Knidos| > GB80780
Knidos, Caria, c. 300 - 190 B.C.
|Knidos|, |Knidos,| |Caria,| |c.| |300| |-| |190| |B.C.|, The ancient Carian city of Knidos was described by Strabo as "built for the most beautiful of goddesses, Aphrodite, on the most beautiful of peninsulas." The legendary Aphrodite of Praxiteles statue, one of the most beautiful sculptures of antiquity, once graced her temple at Knidos. It has perished, but late copies exist, of which the most faithful is in the Vatican Museums. A fine seated statue of Demeter and a colossal figure of a lion found there are in the British Museum.
GB80780. Bronze AE 18, SNG Cop 316; BMC Caria p. 92, 52 ff.; SNG Lewis 967; SGCV II 4853; SNG Keckman -, gF, Knidos (near Tekir, Turkey) mint, weight 5.137g, maximum diameter 18.4mm, die axis 0o, 3rd century B.C.; obverse turreted head of Tyche left; reverse KNIΔIΩN, lion forepart left; SOLD











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