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Trial Piece for oktodrachm of Abdera with seated griffin
Greek
Archaic Period
about 500 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Abdera
Medium/Technique
Lead
Dimensions
Diameter: 30.5 mm.
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number57.738
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 058.
DescriptionObverse: Griffin seated to left, right foreleg raised; feathers of rounded wing not indicated.
Traces of lettering in lower left field: XP(?).
Reverse: Plain.
Traces of lettering in lower left field: XP(?).
Reverse: Plain.
ProvenanceBy 1957: with Byron Zoumboulakis, 10 Grand Rue, Geneva, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Byron Zoumboulakis, December 12, 1957 for
$ 1,210- (this figure is the total price for 57.728-.738)
$ 1,210- (this figure is the total price for 57.728-.738)