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Stater of Kyzikos with head of Zeus Ammon above tunny fish
Greek
Classical Period
460–400 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 16.08 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1274
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1520.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Zeus Ammon to right with goat's horn and ear.
Tunny fish to right below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, mill sail type.
Tunny fish to right below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, mill sail type.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Bompois Collection; 1882: Bompois Collection sale, no. 1368 (according to Regling); 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. 1423); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren