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Stater of Thraco-Macedonian tribe or city with standing cow
Greek
Late Archaic Period
500 B.C.
Mint: Thrace and Macedonia, Uncertain
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 9.46 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.692
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0605.
DescriptionObverse: Cow standing to right, head left.
Below, a calf to right.
Above, a row of three small globules.
Reverse: Square incuse divided diagonally.
Below, a calf to right.
Above, a row of three small globules.
Reverse: Square incuse divided diagonally.
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. 610); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren