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Stater of Ioulis with bunch of grapes and a dolphin
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 515–480 B.C.
Mint: Keos (Aegean Islands), Ioulis
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 12.26 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.917
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1286.
DescriptionObverse: Triangular bunch of grapes with extra grapes at left.
At right, a dolphin head down.
Reverse: Incuse square divided by broad diagonal lines.
At right, a dolphin head down.
Reverse: Incuse square divided by broad diagonal lines.
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. 967); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren