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Stater of Kyzikos with kneeling male figure holding tunny fish
Greek
Archaic Period
Before 550 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 16.16 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1322
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1401.
DescriptionObverse: Nude winged male form kneeling on left knee to left, right hand raised, a tunny fish held by the tail in extended left hand. He wears a pilos.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, millsail type, granulated.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, millsail 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. 1473); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren