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1/6 stater of Mytilene with head of Athena
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 Number04.1448
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1683.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena to right with crested Attic helmet and earring.
Reverse: In incuse square two calf's heads facing.
Reverse: In incuse square two calf's heads facing.
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.