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1/6 stater of Phokaia with recumbent goat

Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 500–494 (?) B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Phokaia

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.57 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1512
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1903.
DescriptionObverse: Goat to left sinking on right front knee.
Seal to left above.
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. 1680); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren