cn coin 5639

Connected to Type

CN Type 5289 🔍

Mint

Abdera 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐
Typology

Date

c. 450-425 BC
Classical Period  🔍

Obverse

Design

Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised, with plain curved wings, tail curling and open beak with tongue protruding.
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Reverse

Design

Bull's head and neck, right, within incuse square.
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Metrology

Denomination

hemidrachm (triobol) 🔍 ❐

Material

silver  🔍 ❐

Diameter

10 mm

Weight

1.56 g

Axis

12

Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de  ❐
Owner Inventory No.: 18237910
Provenience: 1900 Imhoof-Blumer

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. 53, nr. 42,1  ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 140, nr. 188 c  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 107-111  ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 140, nr. 188-189, pl. 12 (c. 473/470-449/448 BC.)   ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 111-117  ❐

Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?, 2015 p. 179-182  ❐

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cn coin 5639, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_5639 [Last downloaded: 2025/11/18]

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