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Stater of Salamis with head of Herakles, struck under Euagoras I
Greek
Classical Period
411–374/3 B.C.
Mint: Cyprus, Salamis
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 10.54 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1158
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2144.
DescriptionObverse: Head of bearded Herakles in lion's skin to right.
At right, inscription in Cypriote characters.
Reverse: Goat reclining to right.
Above, grain of corn, horizontally.
Inscription below.
Dotted ground line; plain border.
At right, inscription in Cypriote characters.
Reverse: Goat reclining to right.
Above, grain of corn, horizontally.
Inscription below.
Dotted ground line; plain border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1281); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren