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Stater of Kingdom of Lydia with lion and bull, struck under Kroisos (Croesus)
Greek
Archaic Period
about 550–546 B.C.
Mint: Lydia (Kingdom), Sardis
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 10.13 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1164
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2070.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of lion at left and of bull at right facing each other. The lion's mouth is open wide.
Reverse: Double incuse square, surface irregular.
Time of Croesus, king of Lydia, 561-546 B.C.
Reverse: Double incuse square, surface irregular.
Time of Croesus, king of Lydia, 561-546 B.C.
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. 1288); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren