★ A splendid stater from Nagidos ★

CILICIA. Nagidos. Circa 380 BC. Stater (Silver, 20 mm, 10.69 g, 8 h). Bearded head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit. Rev. [N]AΓIΔE[ΩN] - EΠ Diademed head of Aphrodite to right, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace and with her hair bound by an ampyx in the front and a sphendone in the back. Casabonne type 7. Jameson 2327 ( same dies ). Lederer 14. SNG Levante 2 ( same dies ). SNG Paris -. A splendid, beautifully toned coin with a magnificent head of Dionysos of monumental Classical style. Extremely fine.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 54, 24 March 2010, 133.