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1/6 stater of Kyzikos with Triton and tunny fish
Greek
Archaic Period
550–500 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 12 mm. Weight: 2.66 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.144
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1425.
DescriptionObverse: Triton, with the head, body and arms of a man and tail of a fish; profile to left, holding a wreath in his left hand.
Below, a tunny fish.
Reverse: Incuse square.
Below, a tunny fish.
Reverse: Incuse square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Robert Carfrae Collection; by 1894: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Wellington Street, Strand, London (auction of the Carfrae collection, May 23-25, 1894, lot 201); by 1895: with Edward Perry Warren; February 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)