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Stater of Athens with head of Athena
Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
296–295 B.C.
Mint: Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 8.52 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.273
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1099.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena to right, wearing Attic helmet, with three upright olive-leaves on front ridge, and floral-scroll on the back.
Reverse: Owl to right, head full-front.
Crescent and olive spray, with two leaves, behind.
In field right a kalathos.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Owl to right, head full-front.
Crescent and olive spray, with two leaves, behind.
In field right a kalathos.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren