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1/2 stater of Kingdom of Lydia with lion and bull, struck under Kroisos (Croesus)

Greek
Archaic Period
561–546 B.C.
Mint: Lydia (Kingdom), Sardis

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 5.32 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1165
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2076.
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.
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. 1289); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren