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1/6 stater of Kyzikos with Poseidon, dolphin, and tunny fish
Greek
Classical Period
460–400 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.62 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1279
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1516.
DescriptionObverse: Nude Poseidon kneeling to right, chlamys over his left shoulder, a fish in extended right hand, and trident in lowered left hand.
Tunny fish to right below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, mill sail type.
Tunny fish to right below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, mill sail type.
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. 1428); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren