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1/6 stater of Mytilene with forepart of bridled horse
Greek
Late Archaic Period
500–480 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.49 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1439
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1672.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of bridled horse jumping to right.
Beaded line at edge of body.
Reverse: Incuse head of Herakles in lion's skin to right.
Beaded line at edge of neck.
Club below.
Beaded line at edge of body.
Reverse: Incuse head of Herakles in lion's skin to right.
Beaded line at edge of neck.
Club below.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Whittall Collection; 1884: Sotheby Sale (Whittall Collection), no. 1171 (according to Regling and Brett); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1599); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren