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1/6 stater of Mytilene with head of youth
Greek
Classical Period
430–400 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos, Mytilene
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.48 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1455
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1700.
DescriptionObverse: Head of youth to right, fillet in hair.
Reverse: In incuse square, bearded male head to right.
Reverse: In incuse square, bearded male head to right.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Whittall Collection; 1884: Sotheby Sale (Whittall Collection), no. 899 (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. 1619); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren