Caria, Cnidus

Diobol circa 500, AR 11 mm, 1.78 g. Head of roaring lion r. Rev. Head of Aphrodite r. within rectangular incuse. SNG Lockett 2880 (this coin). Boston, MFA 1978 (these dies). Cahn 6.2 (this coin illustrated).
Lovely iridescent tone, obverse slightly off-centre, otherwise extremely fine

Ex Ars Classica 16, 1933, 1404; Glendining 21-23 February 1961, Lockett, 2357; M&M 79, 1994, 350; and Oslo Myntgalleri 25, 2021, 1119 sales. From a Scandinavian private collection.