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1/3 stater of Asia Minor with head of boar

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

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 14 mm. Weight: 4.63 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1561
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1760.
DescriptionObverse: Head of boar to right with tusk; opposite it are nose and tusk of second boar.
Reverse: Double incuse square, irregular surface.
ProvenanceBy 1904, Edward Perry Warren (1860-1928), London; 1904, sold by Edawrd PErry Warren to the MFA. (Accession date: September 1, 1904)

Note that Regling lists this as Greenwell Collection.