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Stater of Kamiros with fig leaf
Greek
Late Archaic or Classical Period
500–408 B.C.
Mint: Caria (Islands off), Kamiros (Rhodes)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 11.88 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1094
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2033.
DescriptionObverse: Fig leaf with two sprouts on each side.
Reverse: In incuse square, inscription in Greek below and above a horizontal line.
Reverse: In incuse square, inscription in Greek below and above a horizontal line.
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. 1198); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren