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1/6 stater of Kyzikos with running winged female
Greek
Archaic Period
about 550–500 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 12.5 mm. Weight: 2.62 gm.
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number55.364
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 146.
DescriptionObverse: Winged female figure running to left, head turned back and holding a tunny in the right hand.
Reverse: Quadripartite mill-sail incuse.
Reverse: Quadripartite mill-sail incuse.
ProvenanceBy 1955: with Hugo Weissmann, 96 Charles Street, Boston, Mass.; purchased by MFA from Hugo Weissmann, May 12, 1955, for $ 200.00