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1/6 stater of Mytilene with head of youth
Greek
Classical Period
480–430 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.53 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1454
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1699.
DescriptionObverse: Head of youth to right, fillet in hair.
Reverse: In incuse square crested Corinthian helmet to right with laurel wreath.
Inscription at right: M
Reverse: In incuse square crested Corinthian helmet to right with laurel wreath.
Inscription at right: M
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. 1618); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren