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Stater of Amphiktionic League with head of Demeter
Greek
Late Classical Period
about 336–334 B.C.
Mint: Phokis, Delphoi (Amphiktionic League)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 12.28 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.226
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0977.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Demeter to left, veiled and wreathed with wheat.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left, upon an omphalos which is bound with fillets. He is laureate, and wears a long, high-girded chiton over a garment which has long, close fitting sleeves, and over the chiton and himation. His right elbow rests on a large, nine-stringed lyre, and his hand supports his chin. In his left hand he holds a long branch of laurel.
In the field, left, a tripod.
Inscription in Greek around.
Reverse: Apollo seated to left, upon an omphalos which is bound with fillets. He is laureate, and wears a long, high-girded chiton over a garment which has long, close fitting sleeves, and over the chiton and himation. His right elbow rests on a large, nine-stringed lyre, and his hand supports his chin. In his left hand he holds a long branch of laurel.
In the field, left, a tripod.
Inscription in Greek around.
ProvenanceFrom Myonia Hoard, 1899. By date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren