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1/6 stater of Mytilene with head of ram

Greek
Late Archaic Period
500–480 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.53 gm.
Credit Line Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number01.5551
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1674.
DescriptionObverse: Ram's head to left. Line of dots along the edge of the neck.
Below, a cock feeding to right.
Reverse: Incuse head of bearded Herakles to right, wearing the lion-skin.
Below, horizontal club.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 22,142.63 (this figure is the total price for MFA 01.5425-01.5657)