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Stater of Elis with eagle and hare
Greek
Late Archaic Period
510–480 B.C.
Mint: Elis (Peloponnesos)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 12.08 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.873
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1189.
DescriptionObverse: Eagle flying to left, one wing above, one below; a hare back down in its talons.
Star of six rays in incuse below.
Reverse: Upright thunderbolt with wings above and volutes below.
Greek letter at left and right.
Star of six rays in incuse below.
Reverse: Upright thunderbolt with wings above and volutes below.
Greek letter at left and right.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Montagu Collection; 1896: Sotheby Sale of Montagu Collection, no. 406 (according to Regling and Brett); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 909); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren