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Stater of Lampsakos with head of Dionysos

Greek
Classical Period
387–330 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Lampsakos

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 8.36 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.948
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1599.
DescriptionObverse: Head of bearded Dionysos to left, crowned with ivy, berries above; the hair falls in locks on his neck.
Reverse: In incuse square forepart of horse with curled wings, one above, one below, jumping to right.
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. 1014); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren