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1/24 stater of Teos with forepart of griffin

Greek
Archaic Period
about 600–550 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Teos

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 6.5 mm. Weight: 0.73 gm.
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number60.1294
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 182.
DescriptionObverse: Protome of a griffin to right.
Reverse: Mill-sail incuse, roughly squared.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia 3, Pa.; November 9, 1960: purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art for
$ 450.00