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Tetradrachm of Abdera with leaping griffin, struck under Polykrates
Greek
Classical Period
439/437–411/410 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 14.40 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.595
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0762.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin sitting up on line to left, with raised wings.
Reverse: Incuse square, in which inscription around inner square, in which is a goat walking to the right.
Reverse: Incuse square, in which inscription around inner square, in which is a goat walking to the right.
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. 450); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren