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:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: billon stater, accession number 8-5574, described as 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: billon stater, accession number 8-5574, described as 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.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: billon stater, accession number 8-5574, described as 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.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: billon stater, accession number 8-5574, described as 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.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: billon stater, accession number 8-5574, described as 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.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: billon stater, accession number 8-5574, described as 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: billon stater, accession number 8-5574, described as 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.

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