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Stater of Kyzikos with head of Poseidon above tunny fish
Greek
Classical Period
400–330 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 16.08 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1278
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1565.
DescriptionObverse: Head of bearded Poseidon to left, his long hair confined by a broad band, and a trident behind his neck.
Tunny fish to left below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, mill-sail type, surface granulated.
Tunny fish to left below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, mill-sail type, surface 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. 1427); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren