CoinsGreek4th century BCE

Stater of Elis

365-323 BCE

Description

Obverse: Head of Hera r., wearing stephane with palmettes(?). F-A on either side of neck. Reverse: Eagle standing r. with wings closed; Δ to r.

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

12.11 g

Provenance

Paul Lambros [1], (by 1887), sold; [through Sambon, Milan, March 26, 1889, lot 655]. Consul Weber [2], Hamburg (by 1907), sold; [through Hirsch, “Weber sale, XXI,” November 16, 1908, lot 1937]. V. J. E. Ryan [3], London (by 1947), sold; [through Glendining, London, “Ryan sale III,” November 24, 1950, lot 1555]. [Baldwin, London], sold; to Arthur Stone Dewing [4], Cambridge, MA (from 1954), lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965) 1. Paul Lambros (1819-1887) 2. Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber (1830-1907) 3. Valentine John Eustace Ryan (1882-1947) 4. Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971). Bought on October 7, 1954, according to Dewing’s inventory card.