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Stater of Kyzikos with Perseus holding head of Medusa above tunny fish
Greek
Classical Period
about 400 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 16.50 gm.
Credit Line
Percival S. Howe Fund and William Alfred Paine Fund
Accession Number31.967
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1548.
DescriptionObverse: Perseus, with head turned back over right shoulder, kneeling on tunny fish and holding head of Medusa.
Reverse: Quadripartite mill-sail incuse square, granulated.
Reverse: Quadripartite mill-sail incuse square, granulated.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Jacob Hirsch, Suite 1209, 30 West 54th Street, New York, N.Y.; December 3, 1931: purchased by MFA from Jacob Hirsch for $ 1500-