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Stater of Caria with forepart of lion, struck under Maussolos

Greek
Classical Period
377–366 B.C.
Mint: Caria (Satrapy), Miletos (?)

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 11.66 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1033
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1994.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of lion to left, tongue protruding.
Inscription at left above.
Reverse: Star of four rays with central globule.
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 this as Greenwell.