Stater of Kyzikos with upper body of winged woman holding tunny fish

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Stater of Kyzikos with upper body of winged woman holding tunny fish

Greek

Late Archaic or Early Classical Period

500–460 B.C.

Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos

Medium/Technique Electrum

Dimensions Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 16.18 gm.

Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

Accession Number04.1365

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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1448.

DescriptionObverse: Forepart of a Harpy (?) erect to left with curled wings, sleeve-chiton, earring, and double bracelet on left arm, raising left hand to chin and holding up tunny fish by the tail in right hand. Triple line, middle one beaded, below body.
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. 1519); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren