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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: 17 mm. Weight: 9.58 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.694
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0598.
DescriptionObverse: Silenos standing right confronting nymph; nude; bearded; long dotted hair; horse's tail, ear and hooves; right hand holding tail near root; left hand holding phallus. Nymph with long, dotted hair, and chiton from waist only; right hand raised, left lifting chiton.
Three globules, one above, one in center, one right.
Reverse: Square incuse with diagonal crosslines.
Three globules, one above, one in center, one right.
Reverse: Square incuse with diagonal crosslines.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Subhi Collection; 1878: Subhi Pacha Sale (Cat. Sotheby, no. 55 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. 596); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren