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1/6 stater of Phokaia with female head
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 500–494 (?) B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Phokaia
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 2.59 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1496
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1907.
DescriptionObverse: Female head to left with necklace and rosette earring. The hair, held by a fillet, is represented by large dots.
Reverse: Irregular square incuse.
Reverse: Irregular square incuse.
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. 1663); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren