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Stater of Kyzikos with eagle standing on tunny fish
Greek
Classical Period
400–330 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 16.01 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1422
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1569.
DescriptionObverse: On a raised disk eagle standing in partial profile to left wings closed. Tunny fish to left below; loose feather under tail ?
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, mill-sail type, granulated.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, mill-sail type, granulated.
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. 1578); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren