Advanced Search 
View: Obverse
1/6 stater of Phokaia with head of Hermes
Greek
Classical Period
480–400 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Phokaia
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.56 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1516
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1915.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Hermes to left in petasos; hair represented by large dots.
Seal at right, head down.
Reverse: Quadriparitite incuse square.
Seal at right, head down.
Reverse: Quadriparitite 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. 1684); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren