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Oktadrachm of Abdera with griffin, struck under Anti[...]
Greek
Archaic Period
520/515–492 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 29.83 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.580
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0745.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin seated to the left, on line with curved, raised wings, right fore-leg raised, mouth open.
Inscription in Greek at the left.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Inscription in Greek at the left.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 434); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren