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Didrachm of Abdera with leaping griffin, struck under Apollas
Greek
Classical Period
411/410–386/385 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 12.21 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.596
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0764.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin sitting up on line to left, with raised wings.
Beaded border.
Reverse: In incuse square, Apollo standing to left, chlamys over his shoulders, in outstretched right hand a dish, in left hand. a laurel branch.
Inscription in Greek beginning at right.
Beaded border.
Reverse: In incuse square, Apollo standing to left, chlamys over his shoulders, in outstretched right hand a dish, in left hand. a laurel branch.
Inscription in Greek beginning at 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. 451); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren