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Stater of Soloi with crouching lion, struck under Ko[...] (or Go[...])
Greek
Classical Period
450 B.C.
Mint: Cyprus, Soloi
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 10.68 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1159
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2145.
DescriptionObverse: Lion crouching to right, jaws open, tongue protruding.
Ground line.
Below ground line: /Border of dots.
Reverse: Bull standing left.
Below: /Dotted square border; square incuse.
Ground line.
Below ground line: /Border of dots.
Reverse: Bull standing left.
Below: /Dotted square border; square incuse.
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. 1283); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren