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1/6 stater of Kyzikos with kneeling man holding tunny fish

Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
500–460 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.65 gm.
Credit Line Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number04.1602
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1488.
DescriptionObverse: Nude bearded man kneeling left, holding a tunny downwards in extended right hand, the left above his right thigh.
Reverse: Mill-sail incuse, granulated.
ProvenanceReceived in exchange for C. & M. 1081, 09/08/1904