1/12 stater of Kyzikos with flying figure holding tunny fish

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1/12 stater of Kyzikos with flying figure holding tunny fish

Greek

Archaic Period

before 550 B.C.

Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos

Medium/Technique Electrum

Dimensions Diameter: 9 mm. Weight: 1.31 gm.

Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

Accession Number04.1321

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1402.

DescriptionObverse: Dolphin-headed winged male form flying to left, an oar(?) in raised right hand, a tunny held by the tail in left hand.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse.

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. 1472); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren