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Stater of Caria (?) with two dolphins
Greek
Archaic Period
Early 6th century B.C.
Mint: Caria (?), Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 12.17 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.919
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2310.
DescriptionObverse: Two dolphins to right, the larger over the smaller.
Reverse: Large and small irregular partite incuse square.
Reverse: Large and small irregular partite incuse square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1403); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren