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1/6 stater of Kyzikos with head of lioness and tunny fish
Greek
Archaic Period
550–500 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.71 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1384
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1411.
DescriptionObverse: Head of lioness full front.
At right tunny fish, head down.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
At right tunny fish, head down.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
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. 1540); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren