1.1965.1251: Drachm of Abdera
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1251
- Title
- Drachm of Abdera
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 492 BCE-470 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Abdera (Thrace)
- Period
- Classical period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/187669
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.51 g
- Denomination
- drachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Glendining, 12 February 1958, 1036 = Ars Classica 13, 27 June 1928, 612.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SNGLockett 1121; May 75d (this coin)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1251
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obverse: Griffin l.; to l., HGH
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Verification Level
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