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Drachm of Abdera with seated griffin, struck under Orchamos
Greek
Classical Period
411/410–386/385 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 6.06 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.598
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0763.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin seated on line to left, with raised wings, right foreleg raised.
Inscription in Greek beginning at left.
Reverse: Lion walking to right in square.
Outside of square, inscription in Greek around.
Inscription in Greek beginning at left.
Reverse: Lion walking to right in square.
Outside of square, inscription in Greek around.
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.