1/6 stater of Phokaia with head of Aphrodite

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1/6 stater of Phokaia with head of Aphrodite

Greek

Classical Period

400–330 B.C.

Mint: Ionia, Phokaia

Medium/Technique Electrum

Dimensions Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.55 gm.

Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

Accession Number04.1529

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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1926.

DescriptionObverse: Head of Aphrodite to left wearing sakkos and earrings.
Seal to left below.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse.

ProvenanceBy date unknown: Whittall Collection; 1884: Sotheby Sale (Whittall Collection), no. 985 (according to Regling and Brett); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1699); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren