cn coin 28691

Connected to Type

CN Type 6339 🔍

Mint

Abdera 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐
Typology

Date

c. 336-311 BC
Hellenistic Period  🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΕΩΝ

Design

Griffin lying right, left forepaw raised.
go to the NLP result of this description

Reverse

Legend

ΕΠΙ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ

Design

Laureate head of Apollo, right.
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Persons

Magistrate

Demetrios (Abdera) 🔍 ❐

Metrology

Denomination

Double siglos (tetradrachm) 🔍 ❐

Material

silver  🔍 ❐

Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb  ❐
Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin [de] ❐
Plaster Cast No: ABD_2L_6_017o/r

Citation

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 89, nr. 148.5-6  (c. 390-352 BC)  ❐

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 291, nr. 534, pl. 24 (c. 365/350-350/345 BC)   ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 397-398, nr. 78-82 (336-311 BC)   ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 291, nr. 534, pl. 24 (c. 365/350-350/345 BC)   ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 397-398, nr. 78-82 (336-311 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. 89, nr. 148 (c. 390-352 BC)   ❐

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cn coin 28691, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_28691 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/14]

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