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1/6 stater of Sardis with confronted heads of lions
Greek
Late Orientalizing or Archaic Period
Late 7th–mid-6th century B.C.
Mint: Lydia, Sardis
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.33 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1547
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1771.
DescriptionObverse: Foreparts of two lions facing, forepaws outstretched, knob on foreheads.
Inscription in Lydian.
Reverse: Double incuse square, irregular surface.
Inscription in Lydian.
Reverse: Double incuse square, irregular surface.
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. 1719); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren