Stater with Eagle Carrying a Snake on Obverse and Nike with digamma monogram

Stater with Eagle Carrying a Snake on Obverse and Nike with digamma monogram

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Stater with Eagle Carrying a Snake on Obverse and Nike with digamma monogram
CultureGreek (Achaean)
Titles
  • Stater with Eagle Carrying a Snake on Obverse and Nike with digamma monogram
Date490–450 BC
Minted inElis, Greece
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 1 in. diameter (2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number40.144
Non exposé

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
ProvenanceMiss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, before d. 1940; given to MFAH, 1940.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Reverse: digamma monogram in left field

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