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Stater of Lycia with forepart of lion, struck under Mithrapata
Greek
Classical Period
about 385–375 B.C.
Mint: Lycia
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24.5 mm. Weight: 9.65 gm. Die Axis: 2
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number59.49
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 230.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of a lion to right.
Reverse: Bearded head to left; hair ending in a roll of fine strands from forehead to nape of neck., triskeles below back of neck. All in incuse square with inner line.
Inscription in Lycian starts at upper left and faces outward.
Reverse: Bearded head to left; hair ending in a roll of fine strands from forehead to nape of neck., triskeles below back of neck. All in incuse square with inner line.
Inscription in Lycian starts at upper left and faces outward.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Byron Th. Zoumboulakis, 8 Place de la Taconnerie, Geneva, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Byron Th. Zoumboulakis, February 12, 1959, for $ 1,950.00