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1/6 stater of Phokaia with head of Athena

Greek
Classical Period
480–400 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Phokaia

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.57 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1521
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1914.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena to left in crested Attic helmet, on which is griffin with paw raised. At right on forehead, seal upwards.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Whittall Collection; 1884: Sotheby Sale (Whittall Collection), no. 849 (according to Regling and Brett); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1690); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren