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Stater of Lycia with forepart of boar, struck under Täththiväibi (Tethviebi)

Greek
Early Classical Period
480–460 B.C.
Mint: Lycia, Antiphellos (?)

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 8.55 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1119
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2084.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of boar kneeling to left.
Triple line, middle one beaded, at edge of body.
Reverse: In incuse square, a tetraskeles about a circle.
Inscription around.
Beaded square border.
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. 1228); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren