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1/6 stater of Kyzikos with head of Kabeiros above tunny fish
Greek
Classical Period
460–400 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.60 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1335
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1509.
DescriptionObverse: Head of youthful Kabeiros to left in pointed pilos with laurel wreath.
Tunny fish to left below.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
Tunny fish to left below.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
Provenance1894: Sotheby Sale (Well-known Collector), no. 247 (according to Regling and Brett); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1487); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren