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1/6 stater of Ephesos with bee

Greek
Archaic Period
600–550 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Ephesos

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 12 mm. Weight: 4.31 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1567
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1817.
DescriptionObverse: Bee, seen from above.
Traces of plain border.
Reverse: Double incuse square, irregular surface.
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. 1739); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren