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1/24 stater of Kyzikos with head of Herakles above tunny fish
Greek
Classical Period
460–400 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 7 mm. Weight: 0.64 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1324
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1527.
DescriptionObverse: Head of bearded Herakles to right, in lion's skin.
Tunny fish to right below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, millsail type, granulated.
Tunny fish to right below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, millsail type, granulated.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; Setember 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.