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Stater of Elis with eagle and hare
Greek
Classical Period
440–420 B.C.
Mint: Elis (Peloponnesos)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 11.70 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.882
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1200.
DescriptionObverse: Eagle flying to right, both wings raised, pecking the head of the hare held right side up in its claws.
Reverse: In incuse circle upright thunderbolt with palmette above, and wings below.
Inscription in Greek around.
Reverse: In incuse circle upright thunderbolt with palmette above, and wings below.
Inscription in Greek around.
Provenance1883: Sotheby sale, May 30, 1883, no. 10 (according to Brett and Regling catalogues); 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. 919); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren