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Greek

Stater, ca. 390-360 BCE

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Greek

Title

Stater

Year

ca. 390-360 BCE

Medium

silver

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silver

Dimensions

Weight: 9.8 g

Place

Mithrapata

Type

  • Coins

Credit

Gift of Drs. Arnold-Peter C. and Yvonne S. Weiss

Object Number

1997.42.3

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Recent Acquisitions

February 18 - April 16, 2000

These silver coins are important not only for their esthetic value and relative rarity, but also for their art-historical significance as early examples of Greek realistic portraiture. These spectacular staters complement and extend RISD's collection of ancient Greek coins.

Coins first appeared in Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) during the 7th century BC, and their use spread quickly from there throughout the ancient Greek world. These six silver coins are from Lycia, a mountainous country now part of southwestern Turkey. True portraiture, emphasizing highly individualized features, developed in Lycia in the second quarter of the 4th century BC. The two coins on the left are portraits of Mithrapata, and the fourth and fifth coins (from left) are portraits of Perikles. Mithrapata and Perikles were Lycian rulers.

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Stater with the accession number of 1997.42.3. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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