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1/6 stater of Asia Minor with smooth convex surface

Greek
Late Orientalizing Period
Late 7th century B.C.
Mint: Asia Minor, Uncertain

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 8 mm. Weight: 2.19 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1569
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1746.
DescriptionThe coin is a flattened sphere, smooth on one side, irregular surface on the other.
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. 1741); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren