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Stater of Idalion with Herakles, struck under Baalmelek II
Greek
Classical Period
425–400 B.C.
Mint: Cyprus, Idalion
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 10.63 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1154
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2139.
DescriptionObverse: Tyrian Herakles striding right, bearded, nude, with lion's skin over head and hanging down back; lion's tail between his legs; in right hand, raised above head, a club, horizontally; in outstretched left, a bow, vertically.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Lion to right, bringing down a stag kneeling to right, biting him in the neck; stag's body dotted, right leg bent under.
Dotted square border; square incuse.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Lion to right, bringing down a stag kneeling to right, biting him in the neck; stag's body dotted, right leg bent under.
Dotted square border; square incuse.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1276); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren