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1/6 stater of Mytilene with head of maenad
Greek
Classical Period
400–350 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.52 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1463
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1713.
DescriptionObverse: Head of maenad to left with fillets and wreath of vine leaves, and veil over hair.
Reverse: In incuse square lion crouching to right and biting a bone (?)
Plain square border.
Reverse: In incuse square lion crouching to right and biting a bone (?)
Plain square border.
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. 1627); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren