1/6 stater of Phokaia with head of Pan

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1/6 stater of Phokaia with head of Pan

Greek

Classical Period

400–330 B.C.

Mint: Ionia, Phokaia

Medium/Technique Electrum

Dimensions Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.54 gm.

Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

Accession Number04.1517

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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1925.

DescriptionObverse: Head of youthful Pan to left with small horns and goat's ears;
wreath of ivy with berries above; seal below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.

ProvenanceBy date unknown: Ashburnham Collection; 1895: Sotheby Sale (Ashburnham Collection, no.186 (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. 1686); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren