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Stater of Lappa with head of Artemis
Greek
Classical Period
400–350 B.C.
Mint: Crete, Lappa
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 10.92 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number01.5512
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1282.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Artemis to right, wearing pendant earring and bead necklace.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Apollo seated to right, his shoulders full-front. He wears a himation, which covers only the lower half of his figure, and his hair is worn in a coil behind. His right hand rests on a large sphere - the sun? - which stands on the ground at his side, and in his left, resting on his left thigh, he holds a five-stringed, tortoise-shell lyre.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Apollo seated to right, his shoulders full-front. He wears a himation, which covers only the lower half of his figure, and his hair is worn in a coil behind. His right hand rests on a large sphere - the sun? - which stands on the ground at his side, and in his left, resting on his left thigh, he holds a five-stringed, tortoise-shell lyre.
Inscription in Greek.
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)