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Tetradrachm of Abdera with seated griffin, struck under Philados
Greek
Classical Period
411/410–386/385 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 11.65 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number58.304
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 061.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin seated to left; in front, an insect. Border of dots.
Inscription above.
Reverse: Wreathed and bearded Herakles seated to left on lion's skin spread over a rock; in his right hand his club, resting on the right knee.
Inscription in left field, upwards, and right field, downwards, within an incuse square, with line border.
Inscription above.
Reverse: Wreathed and bearded Herakles seated to left on lion's skin spread over a rock; in his right hand his club, resting on the right knee.
Inscription in left field, upwards, and right field, downwards, within an incuse square, with line border.
ProvenanceBy 1889: Sir Hermann Weber Collection; 1918: purchased from H. Weber's estate by Spink & Son Limited, 17 & 18 Piccadilly, London, W 1 (L. Forrer, The Weber Collection, vol. 2, no. 2379: acquired from J. P. Lambros, 1889); by 1922: with Naville & Cie, 6 and 8 Rue Pécolat, Geneva, Switzerland (Naville auction 4, Les Galeries Fischer, Lucerne, Switzerland, June 17 and 19, 1922, lot 486); by date unknown: R. Cyril Lockett Collection (SNG Lockett, 1938, no. 1132); by 1958: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W. 1 (Glendining auction of the Lockett Collection, part 6, February 12-13, 1958, lot 1047); purchased at the Glendining auction on behalf of MFA by A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 3 Robert Street, Adelphi, London, W.C. 2; March 13, 1958, purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. for £ 5,354/8/0 (this is the total price of 58.301-58.313)