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1/10 stater of Kyrene with head of Apollo Karneios, struck under Ky[dis?] (or Ky[chairis?)]
Greek
Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
375–308 B.C.
Mint: Cyrenaica, Kyrene
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 8 mm. Weight: 0.88 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1221
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1334.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo Karneios to left with short hair and ram's horn.
Inscription in Greek at right and left.
Plain border.
Reverse: Head of Kyrene to right, hair in roll.
Traces of inscription in Greek at left (or restriking).
Inscription in Greek at right and left.
Plain border.
Reverse: Head of Kyrene to right, hair in roll.
Traces of inscription in Greek at left (or restriking).
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Subhi Collection; 1878: Sotheby Sale of the Subhi Collection, no. 393 (according to Regling and Brett); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1358); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren