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Stater of Kamiros with fig leaf
Greek
Archaic Period
about 500–480 B.C.
Mint: Caria (Islands off), Kamiros (Rhodes)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 12.01 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1091
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2029.
DescriptionObverse: Fig leaf on stem upwards; triple sprouts between lobes and below, left and right.
Reverse: Incuse rectangle, divided by wide diameter line.
Reverse: Incuse rectangle, divided by wide diameter line.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: said to be Ferdinand Bompois Collection (according to Brett catalogue entry: Hotel Drouot auction of the Ferdinand Bompois Collection, January 16-21, 1882, no. 1594, pl. V); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1195); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren