1/6 stater of Mytilene with head of Poseidon

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1/6 stater of Mytilene with head of Poseidon

Greek

Classical Period

400–350 B.C.

Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene

Medium/Technique Electrum

Dimensions Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.54 gm.

Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

Accession Number04.1491

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1732.

DescriptionObverse: Head of Poseidon, laureate to right.
Reverse: Trident with scrolls.
Plain square border.

ProvenanceBy date unknown: Carfrae Collection; 1894: Sotheby Sale (Carfrae Collection), no. 226 (according to Regling and Brett); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1658); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren