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1/6 stater of Samos (?) with roughened surface
Greek
Late Orientalizing or Archaic Period
7th–6th century B.C.
Mint: Ionia (Islands off), Samos (?)
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.89 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1534
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1775.
DescriptionObverse: Typeless roughened surface.
Reverse: Irregular surface in incuse square.
Reverse: Irregular surface in 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. 1704): September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren