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Stater of Ionian Revolt with eagle
Greek
Late Archaic Period
498–494 B.C.
Mint: Troas (Ionian Revolt), Abydos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 14.09 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1565
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1808.
DescriptionObverse: Eagle, wings closed, standing to left on beaded line, head to right. Feathers indicated by dots.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
ProvenanceWilliam Greenwell (b. 1820 - d. 1918), Durham, England; July 1902, acquired with the Greenwell collection by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London and Rome [see note 1] 1904, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 1, 1904)
NOTES: [1] Kurt Regling, Die griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren (Berlin, 1906), p. iii and cat. no. 1737.
NOTES: [1] Kurt Regling, Die griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren (Berlin, 1906), p. iii and cat. no. 1737.