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1/12 stater of Kyzikos with bird standing on tunny fish
Greek
Archaic Period
Before 550 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 7 mm. Weight: 1.35 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1423
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1397.
DescriptionObverse: Bird (gull?) standing to right wings slightly raised.
Tunny fish to right below and above the bird..
Reverse: Irregular incuse square.
Tunny fish to right below and above the bird..
Reverse: Irregular 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. 1579); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren