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1/6 stater of Kyzikos with head of goat and tunny fish
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
about 500–450 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.65 gm.
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number61.1190
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 149.
DescriptionObverse: Head of a goat to left. Below, tunny upwards to right.
Reverse: Quadripartite mill-sail incuse.
Reverse: Quadripartite mill-sail incuse.
ProvenanceBy 1961: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia 3, Pa.; December 13, 1961: purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art for $ 150-.