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1/6 stater of Phokaia with head of horse
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 500–494 (?) B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Phokaia
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 12 mm. Weight: 2.58 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1507
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1905.
DescriptionObverse: Head of horse to left with rich trappings, beaded line at edge of neck. Below neck: a seal with head up.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
Regling did not list as Greenwell.
Regling did not list as Greenwell.