Stater from Phaestus Artist: Unknown
Mint: Phaestus (Crete)

431–300 B.C.

Numismatics

On view, 1st floor, Numismatics
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

11.45 g, 6:00, 26 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Professor Frederick Mundell Watkins

Accession Number

2001.87.8166

Geography

Made in Phaestus, Crete, Greece

Culture

Greek

Period

5th–4th century B.C.

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Herakles r., striking with club held in r. hand at Hydra which rears up before him, and whose nearest head he grasps with his l. hand; at his feet, crab; over his r. arm, lion's skin

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Bull l.
Provenance
Professor Frederick Mundell Watkins, to June 1961; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1961–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money, staters

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