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Didrachm of Abdera with leaping griffin, struck under Python
Greek
Classical Period
411/410–386/385 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 12.63 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.597
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0765.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin sitting up on a line to left, with raised wings, mouth open, tail lying underneath the body.
Reverse: Incuse square, in which is a tripod on a line.
Inscription in Greek at left upwards and at right downwards.
Reverse: Incuse square, in which is a tripod on a line.
Inscription in Greek at left upwards and at right downwards.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Hoffmann Collection; 1898: Cat. Hoffmann, no. 223; by 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
Regling did not list this coin as Greenwell Collection.
Regling did not list this coin as Greenwell Collection.