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cn coin 26664

Connected to Type
CN Type 5222 🔍
Mint
Abdera 🔍
Region: Thrace
Typology
Date
c. 475-450 BC
Classical Period  🔍
Obverse
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Design
Lion scalp facing, within incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
hemidrachm (triobol) 🔍
Material
silver  🔍
Weight
1.60 g
Owner
Koninklijk Kabinet van Munten, Penningen en Gesneden Stenen - Den Haag / Nationale Numismatische Collectie - Amsterdam, Amsterdam, nl  
Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.
Reproduction Owner
BBAW, Berlin [de]
Plaster Cast No: ABD_2L_2_021o/r
Citation
May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 113, nr. 116, pl. 8  (492-473/470 BC) 
Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 41, nr. 7 
Literature
Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 107-110  
May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 113, nr. 115, pl. 8 (492-473/470 BC.)   
Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 107-110  
Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?, 2015 p. 179-182  
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cn coin 26664, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_26664 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/08]
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