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Stater of Elis with eagle and hare
Greek
Classical Period
420–385 B.C.
Mint: Elis (Peloponnesos)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 11.88 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.883
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1203.
DescriptionObverse: Eagle standing to right, wings closed his claws in the belly of a hare, the throat of which it is biting.
Reverse: Upright thunderbolt, volutes above, wings below.
Inscription at left and right.
Olive wreath border.
Reverse: Upright thunderbolt, volutes above, wings below.
Inscription at left and right.
Olive wreath border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 920); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren