1.1965.1264: Tetradrachm of Abdera
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1264
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Abdera
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 365 BCE-345 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Abdera (Thrace)
- Period
- Classical period, Late
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/187672
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 9.67 g
- Die Axis
- 9
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: ABDHRITEWN
- Reverse Inscription: EPI EURHSIPPOU
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Acq. Stack's, 1940.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- May 541c (this coin); SNGCop (2) 354
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
- 1.1965.1264
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Griffin l.
Reverse: Head of Apollo r.
Verification Level
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