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1/6 stater of Asia Minor with striated surface
Greek
Late Orientalizing or Archaic Period
about 650–600 B.C. B.C.
Mint: Asia Minor, Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 9 mm. Weight: 2.33 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number01.5557
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1751.
DescriptionObverse: Striated surface. Coin roughly oval in shape.
Reverse: Rough oblong incuse, divided.
Reverse: Rough oblong incuse, divided.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 22,142.63 (this figure is the total price for MFA 01.5425-01.5657)