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Stater of Akraiphia with Boiotian shield
Greek
Classical Period
387–374 B.C.
Mint: Boiotia, Akraiphia
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 11.91 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.809
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1011.
DescriptionObverse: Boiotian shield.
Reverse: Kantharos.
Inscription in Greek above and below..
Olive wreath border.
Reverse: Kantharos.
Inscription in Greek above and below..
Olive wreath border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Regling does not list as Greenwell.
Regling does not list as Greenwell.