- ID: 200

Submitter: Jean-Luc

Added: 1998-01-16

THRACE. Abdera.

AR-Tetradrachm.
Av.: Laureate head of Apollo to l., three-quarter facing.
Rv.: Griffin seated to l., below, magistrate´s name.
c.13 g. (correct weight).

Ref.: May 494.

BoC: 17/2, 1992/3, p.21.

FAKE – A cast counterfeit, probably made around the turn of the century. Unless threre is a genuine specimen somewhere in a collection in Greece, the unique ANS coin, which can be traced back to at least 1904 and which is worn and twice pierced, served as the model.