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Stater of Kyzikos with forepart of lioness and tunny fish
Greek
Archaic Period
550–500 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 16.05 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1378
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1416.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of lioness to left, head turned to be seen from on top, forepaws as if holding prey; beaded line at end of body.
Tunny fish head up at right.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, millsail type.
Tunny fish head up at right.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, millsail type.
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. 1534); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren