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1/6 stater of Mytilene with head of lion

Greek
Classical Period
480–430 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.53 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1442
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1687.
DescriptionObverse: Lion's head to right, mouth open and tongue protruding.
Reverse: Incuse head of calf to left.
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. 1602); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren