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Tetradrachm of Abdera with leaping griffin, struck under Hekataios
Greek
Classical Period
439/437–411/410 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 13.87 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.593
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0760.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin sitting up on line to left, with raised wings.
Reverse: Incuse square, in which inscription in Greek, around square, in which is eagle full front, head to left, wings and tail spread, the wings stretching outside of smaller square.
Reverse: Incuse square, in which inscription in Greek, around square, in which is eagle full front, head to left, wings and tail spread, the wings stretching outside of smaller 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. 448); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren