Obverse: Head of lion to left, mouth open, tongue protruding; small knobs on cheek and below. Reverse: Incuse square, irregular surface.
Provenance
By date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Greek, Late Orientalizing or Archaic Period, 6th century B.C.
Mint
Uncertain, Asia Minor
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1752.
Dimensions
Diameter: 9 mm. Weight: 1.18 gm.
Accession Number
04.1550
Medium or Technique
Electrum