Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Tetradrachm - Phittalos
| Issuer | Abdera |
|---|---|
| Year | 473 BC - 448 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | May, Abdera#126-128, AMNG II#59, BMC Greek#23, SNG Copenhagen#320 |
| Obverse description | Griffin seated left in profile with right forepaw raised, depicted in a bold archaic style. A scarab beetle appears in the left field beside the griffin. The entire design is contained within a beaded border (circle of dots), a characteristic feature of Abderan coinage of this period. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Incuse square of quadripartite type with a raised mill-sail or raised quadripartite pattern at center, a hallmark of early Greek coinage technique. The name of the issuing magistrate Phittalos is inscribed in archaic Greek letters arranged around the recessed square, divided across its margins as ΕΠΙΦ ΙΤΤ ΑΛ Ο. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |