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1/3 stater of Sardis with head of lion
Greek
Late Orientalizing or Archaic Period
Late 7th–mid-6th century B.C.
Mint: Lydia, Sardis
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 13 mm. Weight: 4.68 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1541
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1764.
DescriptionObverse: Head of lion to right, mouth open, knob on forehead.
Reverse: Irregular double incuse square.
Reverse: Irregular double 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. 1713); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren