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1/6 stater of Asia Minor with head of Herakles
Greek
Late Orientalizing or Archaic Period
Late 7th–6th century B.C.
Mint: Asia Minor, Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.56 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1571
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1807.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Herakles in lion's skin to left.
Beaded line at edge of neck.
Club below.
Reverse: Incuse square, diagonally opposite depressions deep.
Beaded line at edge of neck.
Club below.
Reverse: Incuse square, diagonally opposite depressions deep.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Not listed as Greenwell Collection by Regling.
Not listed as Greenwell Collection by Regling.