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Stater of Lycia with forepart of boar
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 520–480 B.C.
Mint: Lycia, Uncertain mint
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 8.90 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1112
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2078.
DescriptionObverse: Forepart of boar to right, right foreleg shown.
Reverse: Incuse square with one diagonal crossline.
Reverse: Incuse square with one diagonal crossline.
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. 1220); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren