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1/3 stater with forepart of a ram

Greek
Late Orientalizing or Early Archaic Period
about 600 B.C.
Mint: Asia Minor, uncertain

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 13 mm. Weight: 4.73 gm.
Credit Line Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number01.5559
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1758.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of ram to left.
Reverse: Two square incuses, side by side, with raised crosslines and irregular surfaces.
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)