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Tetradrachm of Abdera with seated griffin, struck under Demokritos
Greek
Classical Period
439/437–411/410 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 13.96 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.590
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0759.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin sitting on line to left, with raised wings, right foreleg raised.
Reverse: Incuse square with inscription in Greek around square, in which is a lyre.
Reverse: Incuse square with inscription in Greek around square, in which is a lyre.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Not listed by Regling as Greenwell Collection.
Not listed by Regling as Greenwell Collection.