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Stater of Neapolis with Gorgoneion
Greek
Late Archaic or Classical Period
500–411 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia, Neapolis
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 9.38 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.130
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0560.
DescriptionObverse: Gorgoneion, mouth open, teeth showing, tongue protruding; wrinkled nose; hair falling from crown in groups of three strands ending in curls, four to left and four to right.
Reverse: Fourpart incuse square.
Reverse: Fourpart incuse square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren