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Hemistater of Erythrai (?) with flower
Greek
Archaic Period
about 550–500 B.C.
Mint: Ionia, Erythrai (?)
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 14 mm. Weight: 7.07 gm.
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number54.566
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 166.
DescriptionObverse: Flower of eight rounded petals inside, surrounded by six larger, pointed petals.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: R. Jameson Collection (Suite des Monnaies Grecques, vol. III, 1924, no. 2293: found at Erythrai); by 1954: with Adolph Hess A.G., Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne, Switzerland (Hess auction, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, April 14, 1954, lot 156); purchased by MFA at the auction for $ 653.80 and accessioned May 13, 1954