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1/6 stater of Mytilene with male head
Greek
Classical Period
480–430 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.51 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1446
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1698.
DescriptionObverse: Head of youth to right, hair in short thick locks.
Reverse: In incuse circle head of calf to right.
Double plain square border.
Reverse: In incuse circle head of calf to right.
Double 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. 1607); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren