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1/2 stater (?) of Asia Minor with head of lion
Greek
Late Orientalizing or Archaic Period
Late 7th–6th century B.C.
Mint: Asia Minor, Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 8.14 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1577
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1801.
DescriptionObverse: Rude lion's head, full front.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
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. 1749); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren