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1/6 stater of Mytilene with cock and head of ram
Greek
Late Archaic Period
500–480 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.51 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1436
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1670.
DescriptionObverse: Ram's head to right, beaded line at edge of neck.
Cock with lowered head to left below.
Reverse: Incuse head of bull to right.
Cock with lowered head to left below.
Reverse: Incuse head of bull to right.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Regling did not list as Greenwell.
Regling did not list as Greenwell.