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Stater of Kyzikos with winged animal-headed deity holding tunny fish
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
about 500–450 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 15.98 gm.
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number13.210
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1458.
DescriptionObverse: Nude, winged, deity with human body, lion's head and tail and curling wings, running left in kneeling-running pose, head to right, jaws open, tongue protruding. A tunny fish held up by the tail in his right hand, left hand on his hip.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, millsail type, granulated.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, millsail type, granulated.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; January 2, 1913: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $18,948.70 (this figure is the total price for MFA 13.186-13.245)