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Hemidrachm of Abdera with leaping griffin, struck under Hekatonymos
Greek
Classical Period
390–352 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 15 mm. Weight: 2.49 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.602
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0769.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin sitting up to left on line.
Inscription in Greek above and below.
Plain border.
Reverse: Head of Apollo, laureate, to right, in square
Inscription in Greek around, beginning above.
Inscription in Greek above and below.
Plain border.
Reverse: Head of Apollo, laureate, to right, in square
Inscription in Greek around, beginning above.
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. 457); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren