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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: 0.65 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1503
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1893.
DescriptionObverse: Head of griffin to left; beaded line at edge of neck.
Reverse: Irregular incuse square.
Reverse: Irregular 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 Warren, no. 1670); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren