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1/24 stater of Kyzikos with two sphinxes above tunny fish
Greek
Archaic Period
550–500 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 6 mm. Weight: 0.58 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1368
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1429.
DescriptionObverse: Sphinx with double body in profile both pairs of curled wings raised, and one head full front.
Tunny fish to left below.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
Tunny fish to left below.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
ProvenanceBy 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
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.