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1/6 stater of Mytilene with head of Aphrodite-Astarte or Tyche
Greek
Classical Period
400–350 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.53 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1465
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1714.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Aphrodite-Astarte or Tyche to right with triple tower crown adorned with palmette. Loose locks of hair in neck.
Reverse: In incuse square head of Hermes to right, the petasos held by cords under chin.
Plain square border.
Reverse: In incuse square head of Hermes to right, the petasos held by cords under chin.
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. 1629); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren