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1/6 stater of Phokaia with head of Athena
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 500–494 (?) B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Phokaia
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.59 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1495
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1906.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena to left with bead necklace and Corinthian helmet; hair in large dots. (Behind, a seal)
Reverse: Irregular incuse.
Reverse: Irregular incuse.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Whittall Collection; 1884: Sotheby Sale (Whittall Collection), no. 983 (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. 1662); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren