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1/6 stater of Mytilene with head of Zeus Ammon
Greek
Classical Period
400–350 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.53 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1456
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1710.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Zeus Ammon bearded to right with ram's horn.
Reverse: In incuse square female head to right with stephane; hair in low knot.
Reverse: In incuse square female head to right with stephane; hair in low knot.
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. 1620); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren