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Tetradrachm of Abdera with seated griffin, struck under Pythinnes
Greek
Classical Period
473/470–449/448 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 14.57 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.589
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0756.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin sitting to left, with raised curved wings, right foreleg raised.
Under right foreleg a shell.
Inscription in Greek beginning at left.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Incuse square in which inscription in Greek around quadripartite square.
Under right foreleg a shell.
Inscription in Greek beginning at left.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Incuse square in which inscription in Greek around quadripartite square.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren