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1/3 stater of Kingdom of Lydia with lion and bull, struck under Kroisos (Croesus)
Greek
Archaic Period
561–546 B.C.
Mint: Lydia (Kingdom), Sardis
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 12 mm. Weight: 2.67 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1162
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2074.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of lion at left and of bull at right facing each other. The lion's tongue protruding.
Reverse: Double incuse square, surface irregular.
Time of Croesus, king of Lydia, 561-546 B.C.
Reverse: Double incuse square, surface irregular.
Time of Croesus, king of Lydia, 561-546 B.C.
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. 1286); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren