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Stater of Kyzikos with lion and tunny fish
Greek
Classical Period
460–400 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 15.82 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number01.5530
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1502.
DescriptionObverse: Lion standing to right on a tunny, with his tail wound around his right hind leg, biting a sword, the handle of which he holds in his right forepaw, bending the blade with his left.
Reverse: Incuse square of the mill-sail pattern.
Reverse: Incuse square of the mill-sail pattern.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 22,142.63 (this figure is the total price for MFA 01.5425-01.5657)