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1/6 stater of Mytilene with head of Hermes

Greek
Classical Period
400–350 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.56 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1464
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1740.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Hermes to right, the petasos held by cord under chin.
Reverse: In incuse square, panther crouching to right.
Plain square border.
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. 1628); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren