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1/6 stater of Mytilene with bust of Athena
Greek
Classical Period
400–350 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.55 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1466
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1734.
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Athena slightly to right of full front with triple crested Attic helmet cheek pieces raised, earring and bead necklace. The hair flies loose at sides.
Reverse: Head of Hermes to right, petasos at back of neck.
Plain square border.
Reverse: Head of Hermes to right, petasos at back of neck.
Plain square border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Whittall Collection; 1884: Sotheby Sale (Whittall Collection), no. 853 (according to Regling and Brett); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1630); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren