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1/6 stater of Kyzikos with ram above tunny fish

Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
500–460 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 12 mm. Weight: 2.68 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1398
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1468.
DescriptionObverse: Ram standing to left.
Tunny fish to left below.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square, millsail type, granulated.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren

Regling did not list as Greenwell.