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1/2 stater (?) of Asia Minor with Gorgoneion
Greek
Late Orientalizing Period
Late 7th century B.C.
Mint: Asia Minor, Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 8.27 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1575
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1802.
DescriptionObverse: Gorgoneion full front, jaws open, tongue protruding, hair represented by dots.
Reverse: Incuse cross with dot in center, and dot in center of shallower incuse petal extending beyond each arm of cross.
Reverse: Incuse cross with dot in center, and dot in center of shallower incuse petal extending beyond each arm of cross.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1747); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren