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Stater of Kyrene with quadriga, struck under Iason
Greek
Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
375–308 B.C.
Mint: Cyrenaica, Kyrene
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 8.53 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1212
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1322.
DescriptionObverse: Male charioteer, reins in both hands and goad in right hand, head facing, driving quadriga to right on line.
Star above.
Plain border.
Reverse: Zeus Lykaios seated to left, left arm over back of throne, right hand raised on sceptre. About his knee is a himation, and the left foot is drawn back on a footstool.
Inscription in Greek at right; at left an eagle flying with serpent in its beak.
Star above.
Plain border.
Reverse: Zeus Lykaios seated to left, left arm over back of throne, right hand raised on sceptre. About his knee is a himation, and the left foot is drawn back on a footstool.
Inscription in Greek at right; at left an eagle flying with serpent in its beak.
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. 1349); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren