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1 1/2 stater of Thraco-Macedonian tribe or city with kneeling goat

Greek
Late Archaic Period
Early 5th century B.C.
Mint: Thrace and Macedonia, Uncertain

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 14.13 gm.
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number59.44
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 047.
DescriptionObverse: Goat kneeling to right.
Reverse: Square incuse divided by eight radiating lines.
ProvenanceBy 1958: with AG Leu & Co., Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland and Adolph Hess AG, Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne, Switzerland (Hess-Leu auction, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, April 2, 1958, lot 140); February 12, 1959: purchased by MFA from Leu & Co.'s Bank, Ltd. for $ 1,600.00