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Stater of Poseidonia with Poseidon hurling trident
Greek
Archaic Period
about 530–500 B.C.
Mint: Lukania, Poseidonia
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 7.49 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.352
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0123.
DescriptionObverse: Poseidon striding right, upper body in front view, hurling trident in raised right hand, left hand outstretched; nude, with chlamys over back falling from arms; bearded, hair long, turned up at back, two locks falling on breast; ground line.
Inscription in Greek.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Poseidon to left, incuse except for trident; partly in rear view; hair in long locks. Inscription in Greek.
Striated incuse border.
Inscription in Greek.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Poseidon to left, incuse except for trident; partly in rear view; hair in long locks. Inscription in Greek.
Striated incuse border.
Provenance1880: Lake Price sale, Sotheby, 1880, no. 238; 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. 90); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren