1/6 stater of Kyzikos with forepart of winged lioness and tunny fish

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1/6 stater of Kyzikos with forepart of winged lioness and tunny fish

Greek

Archaic Period

550–500 B.C.

Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos

Medium/Technique Electrum

Dimensions Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.57 gm.

Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

Accession Number04.1386

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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1438.

DescriptionObverse: Forepart of lioness to left with curled wings, right forepaw raised. Beaded line at edge of body.
At right upwards tunny fish.
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. 1542); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren