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Stater of Abydos with head of Apollo, struck under Ikesios
Greek
Classical Period
about 390 B.C.
Mint: Troas, Abydos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25.5 mm. Weight: 14.42 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number60.1141
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 155.
DescriptionObverse: Laureate head of Apollo to right.
Reverse: Eagle standing to right, with wings closed.
Inscriptions at left, upward and at right.
Reverse: Eagle standing to right, with wings closed.
Inscriptions at left, upward and at right.
ProvenanceBy 1960: with George Allen, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (said to be from Martinos, in Athens); October 13, 1960: purchased by MFA from George Allen for $ 1,774.25