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Stater of Metapontion with head of Kore
Greek
Hellenistic Period
310–300 B.C. or later
Mint: Lucania, Metapontion
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 7.56 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.349
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0119.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Kore right in barley wreath; hair long; triple-pendant earring.
Reverse: Ear of barley; to right, leaf on which plow to left.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Ear of barley; to right, leaf on which plow to left.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceNeed to work on this. Brett says this is Regling no. 88. Regling also says 86 is Greenwell and 88 is not. Further, 88 is not at MFA and 86 is.
By date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 88); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
By date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 88); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren