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1/6 stater of Phokaia with head of Demeter

Greek
Classical Period
400–330 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Phokaia

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.54 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1523
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1929.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Demeter to left with wreath of grain and earrings, the hair in a roll and a knot behind.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904

Regling did not list as Greenwell.