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1/6 stater of Mytilene with head of Apollo

Greek
Classical Period
480–430 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.55 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1443
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1691.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Apollo laureate to right, a few locks of hair in neck.
Reverse: Incuse female head to right with sphendone and double cross band in hair.
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.