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1/6 stater of Mytilene with head of Athena

Greek
Classical Period
430–400 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.53 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1486
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1709.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena to right in crested Attic helmet adorned with palmette; cheek pieces raised.
Reverse: In incuse square head of Hera to right with high crown.
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. 1651); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren