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Stater of Elis with eagle and hare
Greek
Classical Period
480–440 B.C.
Mint: Elis (Peloponnesos)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 12.06 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.878
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1195.
DescriptionObverse: Eagle flying to right, both wings up, a hare right side up in beak and claws.
Reverse: In incuse square Nike running to left in long chiton, her right hand out-stretched with wreath, left hand holding overfold of garment.
Inscriptions above and below.
Reverse: In incuse square Nike running to left in long chiton, her right hand out-stretched with wreath, left hand holding overfold of garment.
Inscriptions above and below.
Provenance1883: Sotheby sale, May 30, 1883, no. 10 (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. 914); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren