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Stater of Elis with head of Hera, signed by L[...]
Greek
Classical Period
420–385 B.C.
Mint: Elis (Peloponnesos)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 12.11 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.889
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1207.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Hera facing right with high crown decorated with palmettes. Loose locks of hair below.
Inscription in Greek above.
Below chin signature of artist.
Reverse: Upright thunderbolt.
Greek letter at left and right, a digamma and alpha: (abbreviation for "of the Eleians" in achaic Doric)
Olive wreath border.
Inscription in Greek above.
Below chin signature of artist.
Reverse: Upright thunderbolt.
Greek letter at left and right, a digamma and alpha: (abbreviation for "of the Eleians" in achaic Doric)
Olive wreath 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. 926); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren