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Stater of Priansos with seated female (Persephone?)
Greek
Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
about 431–300 B.C.
Mint: Crete, Priansos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 11.29 gm. Die Axis: 10
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number57.730
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 129.
DescriptionObverse: Female figure (Persephone?) , draped, seated, facing on high-backed throne, turned to left. She caresses a serpent with her right hand; at the right, a date-palm.
Border of dots. Overstruck (?).
Reverse: Poseidon standing to left, half-draped. Dolphin on right hand, a trident in the crook of left arm.
Inscription on right and left
Border of dots.
Border of dots. Overstruck (?).
Reverse: Poseidon standing to left, half-draped. Dolphin on right hand, a trident in the crook of left arm.
Inscription on right and left
Border of dots.
ProvenanceBy 1957: with Byron Zoumboulakis, 10 Grand Rue, Geneva, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Byron Zoumboulakis, December 12, 1957 for
$ 1,210- (this figure is the total price for 57.728-.738)
$ 1,210- (this figure is the total price for 57.728-.738)