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Hemidrachm of Abdera with seated griffin, struck under Kleantides
Greek
Classical Period
411/410–386/385 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 3.01 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.599
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0767.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin sitting to left, with raised curved wings, right foreleg raised.
Plain border.
Reverse: Incuse square, in which head of bull to right turned a little to front.
Inscription in Greek around head of bull.
Plain border.
Reverse: Incuse square, in which head of bull to right turned a little to front.
Inscription in Greek around head of bull.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: James Whittall Collection; by 1884: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London (auction of the James Whittall Collection, July 10ff., 1884, lot 259 [not illustrated]); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 454); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren