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Stater of Lycia with head of Aphrodite, struck under Täththiväibi (Tethviebi)
Greek
Early Classical Period
480–460 B.C.
Mint: Lycia, Antiphellos (?)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 9.90 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number01.5626
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2085.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Aphrodite to left. Her hair is represented by three rows of dots across forehead, and parallel, slightly wavy lines elsewhere. It is caught up behind, and bound by a double band which crosses the head three times. She wears an earring consisting of a spiral hoop suspended from a disk, and a bead necklace.
Reverse: Within a dotted square in an incuse square a tetraskeles with a central circle. Inscription around.
Reverse: Within a dotted square in an incuse square a tetraskeles with a central circle. Inscription around.
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)7)