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1/6 stater of Kyzikos with forepart of sphinx above tunny fish
Greek
Archaic Period
550–500 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.60 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1370
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1428.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of standing sphinx to left, curled wing raised, stephane in hair, right forepaw raised.
Tunny fish below to the left.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
Tunny fish below to the left.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Whittall Collection; 1884: Sotheby Sale (Whittall Collection), no. 762 (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