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Stater of Amanthos with lion and eagle
Greek
Classical Period
about 380 B.C.
Mint: Cyprus, Amanthos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20.5 mm. Weight: 6.64 gm. Die Axis: 12
Weight: 20.5 mm. weight: 6.64 gm. die axis: 12
Weight: 20.5 mm. weight: 6.64 gm. die axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number61.1192
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 252.
DescriptionObverse: Lion lying to right above a dotted line; above, eagle flying to right.
Inscription (?) in exergue, off flan.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Forepart of lion to right, jaws open and tongue protruding.
Inscription in Cypriot script in right field.
Struck under King Entimos (?), about 380 B.C.
Inscription (?) in exergue, off flan.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Forepart of lion to right, jaws open and tongue protruding.
Inscription in Cypriot script in right field.
Struck under King Entimos (?), about 380 B.C.
ProvenanceBy 1961: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art, Bulletin XVI, no. 54, as Zotimos); December 13, 1961: purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art for $ 250.-