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Obverse: Griffin with curled wing seated to right on beaded line, left forepaw raised. In front, vine with grapes. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, surface irregular.
Provenance
By date unknown: Moore Collection; 1889: Moore Sale, Sotheby Cat., no. 380 (according to Regling and Brett; by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1134); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Greek, Archaic Period, 520–500 B.C.
Mint
Teos, Ionia
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1938.
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 11.86 gm.
Accession Number
04.1040
Medium or Technique
Silver