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Oktadrachm of Abdera with seated griffin, struck under Za[...]
Greek
Archaic Period
520/515–492 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 29.54 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.579
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0744.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin seated to left, with curved raised wings, the right forepaw raised, mouth open.
Inscription in Greek at left.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Fourpart square incuse.
Inscription in Greek at left.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Fourpart square incuse.
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. 433); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren