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Tetradrachm of Abdera with seated griffin, struck under Kallidamas
Greek
Classical Period
473/470–449/448 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 14.89 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.588
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0755.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin sitting to left, with raised, curved wings, foreleg raised.
Below, fish to left.
Inscription in Greek beginning above at left of head.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Incuse square, in which inscription in Greek around quadripartite square.
Below, fish to left.
Inscription in Greek beginning above at left of head.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Incuse square, in which inscription in Greek around quadripartite square.
ProvenanceFrom the Abdera Hoard, ca. 1850. By date unknown: Borrell Collection (Cat. Sotheby, Borrell, 1852, no. 13); by date unknown: Loscombe Collection (Cat. Sotheby, 1855, no. 236) (both sales according to Regling and Brett catalogues); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 443); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren