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Tiny Greek Bronze - Griffon/Quadripartite Square
« on: September 20, 2010, 11:49:01 am »
Photos below of a coin I recently purchased.  The photos show the coin next to a US penny just so you can get a better sense of scale.  Closeups of the obverse and reverse below that.
Please excuse the photos, they were taken with my blackberry.

Relevant data:

12mm
1.03grams
Obverse: Griffon Left
Reverse: Quadripartite square, one dot within each square.
Letters surrounding square:

:Greek_Delta: :Greek_Alpha:  or :Greek_Delta: :Greek_Delta:
:Greek_Theta_2: :Greek_Omicron: OR :Greek_Omicron: :Greek_Omicron:
??  :Greek_Upsilon:
unknown


Abdera, Thrace maybe?
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Re: Tiny Greek Bronze - Griffon/Quadripartite Square
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2010, 11:56:23 am »
Found it.

BMC 85

Thrace, Abdera. ca 425-352 BC. Æ 10mm. Griffin seated left / EPI DIONUSADOS, quartered square with four pellets. SNG Copenhagen 371v.
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