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1/6 stater of Mytilene with forepart of goat
Greek
Late Archaic Period
500–480 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.50 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1444
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1682.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of goat kneeling on right knee to right, head to left.
Beaded line at edge of body.
Reverse: In incuse square, owl standing full front with wings raised.
Beaded line at edge of body.
Reverse: In incuse square, owl standing full front with wings raised.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Bompois Collection; 1882: Bompois Sale (Paris), no. 1486 (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. 1604); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren