1/6 stater of Phokaia with head of seal

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1/6 stater of Phokaia with head of seal

Greek

Archaic Period

Before 500 B.C.

Mint: Ionia, Phokaia

Medium/Technique Electrum

Dimensions Diameter: 9 mm. Weight: 2.57 gm.

Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

Accession Number04.1500

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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1894.

DescriptionObverse: Head of seal to left, beaded line at edge of neck.
Seal to left. below.
Reverse: Irregular square incuse.

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. 1667); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren