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Stater of Lycia with crouching lion, struck under Tänägurä
Greek
Classical Period
about 450–420 B.C.
Mint: Lycia
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20.5 mm. Weight: 8.43 gm. Die Axis: 8
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number62.1139
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 217.
DescriptionObverse: Winged, horned lion crouches to left, on ground line.
In field at the right, inscription in Lycian.
Reverse: Triskeles, with central dot, and name-inscription in Lycian, all in incuse square.
In field at the right, inscription in Lycian.
Reverse: Triskeles, with central dot, and name-inscription in Lycian, all in incuse square.
Provenance1962, sold by Robert E. Hecht, Jr., Boston, to the MFA for $1300 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: December 12, 1962)
NOTES:
[1] This was the total price for MFA accession nos. 62.1139–62.1141.
NOTES:
[1] This was the total price for MFA accession nos. 62.1139–62.1141.