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cn coin 3103

Connected to Type
CN Type 5019 🔍
Mint
Abdera 🔍
Region: Thrace
Typology
Date
c. 475-450 BC
Classical Period  🔍
Obverse
Die
Abd_109_A95 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse Σ-Μ-ΟΡ
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised, with palmette-like curved upwards wings, tail curling and open beak; below right forepaw, bearded, pot-bellied Silenus dancing, head left, left leg and raising right arm. Border of dots.
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Reverse
Die
Abd_108_P88 🔍
Design
Incuse square, quartered by two lines.
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Metrology
Denomination
Stater (tetradrachm) 🔍
Material
silver  🔍
Diameter
28 mm
Weight
15.16 g
Owner
Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de  
Owner Inventory No.: 18200350
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. 49, nr. 29,2 
Friedländer and Sallet, Das Königliche Münzkabinet: Geschichte und Übersicht der Sammlung nebst erklärender Beschreibung der auf Schautischen ausgelegten Auswahl, Berlin 1878 nr. 294 
Literature
May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 111, nr. 109, pl. VII  
Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 148  
May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 110-111, nr. 108-111, pl. 7 (c. 492-473470 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 3103, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_3103 [Last downloaded: 2025/04/30]
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