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1/6 stater of Mytilene with head of Demeter

Greek
Classical Period
400–350 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.56 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1492
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1742.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Demeter to right, crown of grain leaves, earrings, and veil over back of head.
Reverse: In incuse square a tripod with taenia hanging on each side.
Plain square border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904

Regling does not list as Greenwell.