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1/6 stater of Phokaia with female head
Greek
Classical Period
480–400 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Phokaia
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.53 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1498
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1908.
DescriptionObverse: Female head to left with bead necklace and rosette earring, hair in sphendone held by two broad bands.
At right, seal downwards.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
At right, seal downwards.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
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. 1665); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren