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Stater of Kyzikos with two eagles above tunny fish
Greek
Classical Period
460–400 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 16.10 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1290
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1535.
DescriptionObverse: Two eagles, wings closed, stand facing each other on omphalos decked with fillets.
Tunny fish to right below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, mill-sail type, surface granulated.
Tunny fish to right below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, mill-sail type, surface granulated.
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. 1440); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren