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Stater of Kyzikos with Apollo seated on swan above tunny fish
Greek
Classical Period
400–330 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 15.80 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1289
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1543.
DescriptionObverse: Apollo seated to left on swan flying to left, a mantle about his knees, and laurel branch in right hand.
(Tunny fish no longer visible).
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, mill-sail type, granulated surface.
(Tunny fish no longer visible).
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, mill-sail type, granulated surface.
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. 1439); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren