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Stater of Melos with pomegranate
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 460 B.C.
Mint: Melos (Aegean Islands)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 13.93 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora WIlbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number56.253
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 132.
DescriptionObverse: Pomegranate with two leaves.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Central dot, around which are three dolphins.
Border of dots.
Inscription around dot and between dolphins.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Central dot, around which are three dolphins.
Border of dots.
Inscription around dot and between dolphins.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: R. Jameson Collection (Monnaies Grecques, vol. I, 1913, no. 1288 [found on Melos, 1908]); by 1956: with AG. Leu & Co., Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland and Adolph Hess AG., Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne, Switzerland (Hess-Leu auction, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, March 27, 1956, lot 299); purchased at the auction by Adolph Hess on behalf of MFA for $ 791.81; accessioned April 12, 1956