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Stater of Elis with eagle and serpent
Greek
Classical Period
420–385 B.C.
Mint: Elis (Peloponnesos)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 10.40 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.884
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1206.
DescriptionObverse: On a shield an eagle, wings closed, stands to left, attacking with its beak the serpent in its claws.
Reverse: In circular incuse, a thunderbolt, volutes above, tassel below.
Inscription at left and right.
Reverse: In circular incuse, a thunderbolt, volutes above, tassel below.
Inscription at left and right.
Provenance1892: Sotheby Sale, July 13, 1892, no. 107 (according to Regling and Brett); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 921); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren