CoinsGreek4th century BCE

Stater of Elis

365-323 BCE

Description

Obverse: Head of Hera to r., wearing stephane. Inscription on stephane. Reverse: Eagle standing l. with head r., wings unfurling; within wreath. F to l.

Classification

Coins

Technique

Struck

Medium

Silver

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period, Late

Century

4th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

12.07 g

Provenance

[Hirsch, Munich, “sale XVI,” December 6, 1906, lot 585]. Wilhelm Froehner [1], Paris, sold; [through Ratto, Genoa, April 29, 1909, lot 2981]. [Frey, Freiburg im Breisgau, April 15, 1955, lot 1115], sold; to Arthur Stone Dewing [2], Cambridge, MA (from 1955), lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965) 1. Wilhelm Froehner (1834-1925) 2. Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971). Bid by Cahn of Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, according to Dewing’s inventory card.