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1/6 stater of Phokaia with recumbent lion
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 500–494 (?) B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Phokaia
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.58 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1504
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1902.
DescriptionObverse: Lion lying to left.
Seal to left, above.
Reverse: Irregular incuse.
Seal to left, above.
Reverse: Irregular 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. 1671); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren