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Stater of Lete (?) with Silenos and nymph
Greek
Late Archaic Period
510–490 B.C.
Mint: Thrace and Macedonia, Lete (?)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 10.10 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.693
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0599.
DescriptionObverse: Silenos wooing nymph; nude, bearded, long dotted hair, horse's hooves, standing right; with right hand holding right arm of nymph fleeing right, head left; latter with long dotted hair; armlet on upper right arm; chiton with fold falling from waist over raised left leg; left arm bent downwards; chiton between legs in fine wavy lines.
One or more globules in field.
Reverse: Fourpart square incuse; surfaces irregular.
One or more globules in field.
Reverse: Fourpart square incuse; surfaces irregular.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Ivanoff Collection; 1863: Ivanoff Sale (Cat. Sotheby, no. 45, according to Regling and Brett); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 597); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren