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1/6 stater of Phokaia with head of maenad
Greek
Classical Period
about 380 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Phokaia
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 6 mm. Weight: 2.54 gm.
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number59.488
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 176.
DescriptionObverse: Head of a maenad to left, wearing earring, snakes (?) or vine stems in her hair, which is held by a sphendone.
Reverse: Quadripartite mill-sail incuse.
Reverse: Quadripartite mill-sail incuse.
ProvenanceBy 1959: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland (Münzen und Medaillen A.G. auction 19, June 5-6, 1959, lot 488); purchased at the Münzen und Medaiien auction on behalf of MFA by Leu & Company, Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Leu & Company, September 17, 1959, for $ 5,457.85 (this is the total price for 59.483-59.489)