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1/12 stater of Asia Minor with head of lion
Greek
Late Orientalizing or Archaic Period
6th century B.C.
Mint: Asia Minor, Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 9 mm. Weight: 1.18 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1550
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1752.
DescriptionObverse: Head of lion to left, mouth open, tongue protruding; small knobs on cheek and below.
Reverse: Incuse square, irregular surface.
Reverse: Incuse square, irregular surface.
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