Stater of Kyzikos with head of a bear holding a tunny fish upwards

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Stater of Kyzikos with head of a bear holding a tunny fish upwards

Greek

Archaic Period

Before 550 B.C.

Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos

Medium/Technique Electrum

Dimensions Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 16.12 gm.

Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

Accession Number04.1406

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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1406.

DescriptionObverse: Head of a bear to right holding a tunny upwards in its mouth.
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. 1562); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren