The Phillips Family Collection of Ancient Greek Coins

Greek Coinages, Metapontum: Stater, struck c. 400-380

Obverse: head of Demeter right, her hair bound up by band and wearing a pendant earring and plain cord necklace; olive-wreath around

Reverse: με: ear of barley with leaf left

Metal: silver; Achaean weight standard; 7.82g/5h

References: Noe 416j, this coin = Woodward 19, this coin = BM Acquisitions 1896, this coin listed; Rutter 1516; Ashmolean 697

Condition: Good very fine, grey tone with diffused iridescence across the fields; a pretty coin with a distinguished provenance £900-£1,200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Phillips Family Collection of Ancient Greek Coins.

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Collection

Sir Edward Bunbury Collection, Sotheby Auction, 15 June 1896, lot 140 [part]
British Museum Collection
Ars Classica Auction V, Lucerne, 18 June 1923, lot 450
W.H. Woodward Collection
Ars Classica Auction XV, Lucerne, 2 July 1930, lot 149
SNC March 1942 (13161)