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Title
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Stater Coin
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Description
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Obv: Crowned Egyptian sphinx with pschent headdress.
Rev: floral design (double lotus or "thunderbolt") within dotted circle, all in incuse square.
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Date Issued
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450–410 B.C.E
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Format
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Weight: 9.45 g.
Diameter: 21.5 mm.
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Medium
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Silver
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Creator
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Byblos (modern Jbeil, Lebanon)
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Publisher
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA.
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Identifier
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55.88
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Source
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https://collections.mfa.org/objects/3261/stater-of-byblos--with-sphinx?ctx=6bfecab5-aa43-44a0-b520-cde744a9e781&idx=0
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Provenance
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By date unknown: with Jacob Hirsch, New York, N.Y.; March 10, 1955: purchased by MFA from Jacob Hirsch for $ 750.00.
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Contributor
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Michael Anthony Ross