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1/6 stater of Kyzikos with Perseus holding head of Medusa above tunny fish
Greek
Classical Period
400–330 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.66 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1339
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1549.
DescriptionObverse: Perseus kneeling on right knee to right, head to left, the harpa in lowered right hand (in lowered left hand the head of Medusa not visible) He wears chlamys and winged cap.
Traces of tunny fish below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, millsail type, granulated.
Traces of tunny fish below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, millsail type, granulated.
Provenance1900: Sotheby Sale (Late Collector), no. 319 (according to Regling and Brett); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Regling did not list as Greenwell.
Regling did not list as Greenwell.