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Tetradrachm of Abdera with seated griffin, struck under Hegesippos
Greek
Classical Period
473/470–449/448 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 14.81 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.585
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0751.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin sitting up to left on line with raised wings.
Dot below body (?)
Beaded border.
Reverse: Inscription in Greek in incuse square, around raised quadripartite square.
Dot below body (?)
Beaded border.
Reverse: Inscription in Greek in incuse square, around raised quadripartite square.
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
Not listed by Regling as Greenwell Collection.
Not listed by Regling as Greenwell Collection.