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Tetradrachm of Abdera with seated griffin, struck under Herak[...]
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
492–473/470 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 14.68 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.582
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0747.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin seated to left, with curved raised wings, right foreleg raised.
Inscription in Greek over wings.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Inscription in Greek over wings.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse 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. 436); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren