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1/6 stater of Mytilene with head of lion
Greek
Late Archaic Period
500–480 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.56 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1440
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1679.
DescriptionObverse: Lion's head to right, mouth open; beaded line at edge of neck.
Reverse: Head of calf to right incuse; beaded line at edge of neck.
Irregular incuse behind.
Reverse: Head of calf to right incuse; beaded line at edge of neck.
Irregular incuse behind.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
Regling did not list as Greenwell.
Regling did not list as Greenwell.