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Stater of Ionian Revolt with sow
Greek
Late Archaic Period
498–494 B.C.
Mint: Lesbos (Ionian Revolt), Methymna
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 14.09 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1560
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1814.
DescriptionObverse: Sow walking to the right.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Coinage of the Ionian Revolt (498-494 B.C.).
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Coinage of the Ionian Revolt (498-494 B.C.).
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. 1732); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904