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1/6 stater of Mytilene with forepart of boar
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 Number04.1445
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1684.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of boar jumping to right.
Beaded line at edge of body.
Reverse: In incuse square head of lion to right, mouth open.
Plain square border.
Beaded line at edge of body.
Reverse: In incuse square head of lion to right, mouth open.
Plain square border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1605); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren