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Object Type: coin
Museum number: 1885,0606.219
Denomination: tridrachm
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Infant Herakles kneeling right, strangling a snake in either hand; ground line; Ν inscribed below. (obverse); Head of Aphrodite right; hair in sphendone; ship's prow behind; ΝΙΔΙΩΝ inscribed around. (reverse)
Cultures/periods: Greek
Production date: 400BC-390BC (circa)
Production place: Minted in: Knidos (historic) (Alliance issue)
Materials: silver
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Diameter: 23 millimetres (maximum); Weight: 10.68 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: BMC Greek (Caria, Cos, Rhodes) / Catalogue of the Greek coins of Caria, Cos, Rhodes, &c. (27, p.88); SNG Kayhan / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Turkey 1: The Muharrem Kayhan Collection (822) (type); Ashton et al 2002 / The Hecatomnus Hoard (p.119-120.1-4) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Aphrodite/Venus; Representation of: Herakles/Hercules
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Rollin & Feuardent
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: James Whittall, Esq
Acquisition date: 1885
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: 1885,0606.219
C&M catalogue number: GC18 (BMC Greek (Caria, Cos, Rhodes)) (88) (27)

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