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1/6 stater of Kyzikos with head of goat and tunny fish

Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
about 500–450 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.65 gm.
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number61.1190
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 149.
DescriptionObverse: Head of a goat to left. Below, tunny upwards to right.
Reverse: Quadripartite mill-sail incuse.
ProvenanceBy 1961: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia 3, Pa.; December 13, 1961: purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art for $ 150-.