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1/6 stater of Phokaia with head of Pan
Greek
Classical Period
400–330 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Phokaia
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.57 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1518
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1924.
DescriptionObverse: Head of youthful Pan to left with small horns and goat's ears; wreath of ivy with berries above. Hair gathered in a roll.
Below, seal to left.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Below, seal to left.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Provenance1900: Sotheby Sale (Late Collector), no. 362 (according to Regling and Brett); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
(Regling does not list this coin as being a Greenwell piece)
(Regling does not list this coin as being a Greenwell piece)