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Stater of Poseidonia with Poseidon hurling trident
Greek
Classical Period
480–440 B.C.
Mint: Lucania, Poseidonia
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.83 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.354
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0125.
DescriptionObverse: Poseidon striding right; upper body in side view; trident in raised right hand, left hand outstretched; beardless, hair short; chlamys falling in straight folds, dove-tailed on ends.
Inscription in Greek at right.
Triple border of dots.
Reverse: Bull walking left.
Below, scallop shell downwards.
Dotted ground line between two plain lines.
Inscription in Greek above bull.
Inscription in Greek at right.
Triple border of dots.
Reverse: Bull walking left.
Below, scallop shell downwards.
Dotted ground line between two plain lines.
Inscription in Greek above bull.
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. 92); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren