Coin: billon stater
- Museum number:
- 8-5574
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080005574
- Accession number:
- Acc.925
- Description:
- Coin; Billon; stater; Greek. 10.75 grams, 18.6 mm. 550-440 BC. Myilene, Greece. Obverse: two calves’ heads confronted, between them olive-tree. Reverse: rude incuse square.
- Donor:
- John L. Balderston
- Collection place:
- Mytilene (ancient place), Island of Lesbos, Greece
- Production place:
- Mytilene (ancient place), Island of Lesbos, Greece
- Culture or time period:
- Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC)
- Collector:
- John L. Balderston
- Materials:
- Billon
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Coins (money) and Staters
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 550-440 BC
- Accession date:
- 1947
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Dimensions:
- linear 18.6 millimeters and weight 10.75 grams
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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