Methymna (BC 500-450) Stater

ca 480 BC. AR Stater (8.51g). ÎœÎ‘Î˜VÎœÎÎ‘[Î™ÎŸÎ£], boar standing right, head lowered / ÎœÎ‘Î˜VÎœÎÎ‘Î™-ÎŸÎ£, helmeted head of Athena right, dotted square border; all within an incuse square. Good VF. Rare. From the Robert Schonwalter Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Auc. VIII (6/1980), lot 225; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Warren Collection, 1069; Greenwell Collection; Lesbos Hoard 1891 (IGCH 1187).

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City/Mint name:	Methymna
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Keywords:	silver / classical
References:	Boston MFA 1659 (this coin); Jameson 1466 var. (same dies, without ethnic the rev.); Rosen 549 (same dies)
Valuation:	CNG Triton V (1/2002), lot 1416 ($2,750 + comm)
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Date added:	Dec 05, 2004
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