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1/12 stater of Samos (?) with radiating lines

Greek
Late Orientalizing or Archaic Period
7th–6th century B.C.
Mint: Ionia (Islands off), Samos (?)

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 8 mm. Weight: 1.42 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1538
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1779.
DescriptionObverse: Pattern of rays about three sides of a square.
Reverse: Incuse square, irregular surface.
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. 1708); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren