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1/6 stater of Phokaia with female head

Greek
Classical Period
400–330 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Phokaia

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.56 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1528
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1932.
DescriptionObverse: Female head to left, the hair confined with crossed cords.
Seal to left below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, mill-sail type.



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. 1698); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren