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1/6 stater of Kyzikos with forepart of dog and tunny fish
Greek
Archaic Period
550–500 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.67 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1411
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1418.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of dog crouching to left, head to right, right forepaw raised. Beaded line at edge of body.
Tunny fish at right head up.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Tunny fish at right head up.
Reverse: 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. 1567); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren