TYPE Ancient Greece, Knidos (Caria), 480-450 BC, silver drachm (Aeginetic standard), 6.17g DESCRIPTION . Obv: Forepart of roaring lion r. Rev: Head of Aphrodite r., of fine Archaic style, with beaded necklace and short hair, no legend, all in incuse square REFERENCE: SG 4833v, Del 2703v, Kay 816v GRADING: F / AVF, minor porosity, toned, scarce ORDER INFO: G3036, $235 A nice Archiac type - here in a scarcer variant, given that Aphrodite's rendition (with short and curly hair) does not match the standard Archaic one (longer and in distinct "corn-rows") given for multiple examples published in Delepierre and Kayhan.