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1/10 stater of Kyrene with head of Zeus Ammon, struck under Ari[stagoras?]
Greek
Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
375–308 B.C.
Mint: Cyrenaica, Kyrene
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 8 mm. Weight: 0.86 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1220
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1333.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Zeus Ammon bearded, to right with ram's horn.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Kyrene slightly to right of full front, with earrings.
Beaded border.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Kyrene slightly to right of full front, with earrings.
Beaded 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. 1357); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren