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1/24 stater of Phokaia with head of griffin

Greek
Archaic Period
Before 500 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Phokaia

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 7 mm. Weight: 0.58 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1502
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1891.
DescriptionObverse: Head of griffin to right.
Reverse: Incuse square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warre, no. 1669); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren