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Hemidrachm of Abdera with leaping griffin, struck under Herophanes
Greek
Classical Period
411/410–386/385 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 15 mm. Weight: 2.83 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.601
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0766.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin sitting up to left, with raised wings.
Inscription in Greek in field at right.
Reverse: Head of Hermes to left, wearing a broad-brimmed petasos, within a square.
At the left of his head a kerykeion. Inscription in Greek around outside the square.
Inscription in Greek in field at right.
Reverse: Head of Hermes to left, wearing a broad-brimmed petasos, within a square.
At the left of his head a kerykeion. Inscription in Greek around outside the square.
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 260 [partial, 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. 456); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren