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Stater of Kyzikos with sphinx above tunny fish
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
500–460 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 16.15 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1367
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1450.
DescriptionObverse: Sphinx crouching to left, curled wings, right forepaw raised. A fillet confines the hair (beaded lines) and a flower springs from the top of her head.
Tunny fish to left below.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse.
Tunny fish to left below.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse.
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. 1522); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren