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Diobol of Abdera (?) with leaping griffin

Greek
Classical Period
411/410–386/385 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera (?)

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 13 mm. Weight: 1.40 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1004
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2326.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin with pointed wings raised, leaping to left.
Reverse: In incuse square ram's head to left.
Inscription in Greek below.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904

Regling did not list as Greenwell.