Stater of Kydonia (?) with turtle

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Stater of Kydonia (?) with turtle

Greek

Late Archaic Period

515–500 B.C.

Mint: Crete, Kydonia (?)

Medium/Technique Silver

Dimensions Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 12.18 gm.

Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

Accession Number04.844

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1280.

DescriptionObverse: Sea turtle with natural divisions of shell indicated.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.

ProvenanceFrom a hoard found in the Cyclades (?) in 1889 (?) that included MFA 04.844, 04.918, 04.921, 04.922; 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. 862); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren