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Tetradrachm of Abdera with leaping griffin, struck under Anaxipolis
Greek
Classical Period
439/437–411/410 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 13.90 gm. Die Axis: 4
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.592
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0758.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin to left, wings and both forelegs raised.
Reverse: Within incuse square, head of nymph to left, band in hair done up behind in triple knot.
Around head: inscription in Greek with name of magistrate Anaxipolis.
Reverse: Within incuse square, head of nymph to left, band in hair done up behind in triple knot.
Around head: inscription in Greek with name of magistrate Anaxipolis.
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
Regling did not list this coin as Greenwell Collection.
Regling did not list this coin as Greenwell Collection.