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Stater of Kyzikos with lyre above tunny fish
Greek
Classical Period
460–400 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 15.91 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1433
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1540.
DescriptionObverse: Seven stringed lyre seen from behind.
Tunny fish to right below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, mill-sail type.
Tunny fish to right below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, mill-sail 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. 1589); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren