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1/2 stater of Asia Minor with roughened surface

Greek
Late Orientalizing or Early Archaic Period
about 650–600 B.C.
Mint: Asia Minor, Uncertain

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 15 mm. Weight: 6.98 gm.
Credit Line Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number37.1164
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1748.
DescriptionObverse: Irregular, unfinished surface.
Reverse: Three incuse sinkings; one oblong between two rectangles.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: U.S. Private Collection; November 17, 1937: Anonymous gift to MFA. in memory of Zoë Wilbour