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1/6 stater of Asia Minor with head of lioness

Greek
Late Orientalizing or Archaic Period
6th century B.C.
Mint: Asia Minor, Uncertain

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.29 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1549
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1753.
DescriptionObverse: Head of lioness full front in triangular depression.
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. 1721); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren