cn coin 6425

Connected to Type

CN Type 5274 🔍

Mint

Abdera 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐
Typology

Date

c. 450-425 BC
Classical Period  🔍

Obverse

Design

Griffin leaping left, forepart and forpaws raised, with feathered wings, tail curling and open beak. Above amphora. Border of dots.
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Reverse

Legend

ΕΠ ΕΡ-ΜΟΚΡ-ΑΤΙ-ΔΕΩ

Design

Raised quadripartite linear square with dotted surfaces; within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate

Hermokratides 🔍 ❐

Metrology

Denomination

Stater (tetradrachm) 🔍 ❐

Material

silver  🔍 ❐

Diameter

28 mm

Weight

14.92 g

Axis

12

Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de  ❐
Owner Inventory No.: 18238861
Provenience: Ohne Nummer

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin [de] ❐

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. 55, nr. 46,1  ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 135, nr. 168a, pl. 11  ❐

Literature

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

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 134-135, nr. 164-168, pl. 11 (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. 111-119  ❐

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

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cn coin 6425, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_6425 [Last downloaded: 2025/11/09]

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