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1/6 stater of Mytilene with forepart of winged boar

Greek
Late Archaic Period
500–480 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.53 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1437
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1673.
DescriptionObverse: Front part of boar with two curled wings, jumping to right.
Reverse: Incuse head of Herakles with lion's skin to right; club below.
Incuse beaded line at edge of neck. Small stamp behind.
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. 1596); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren