cn coin 6601

Connected to Type

CN Type 5587 🔍

Mint

Abdera 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐
Typology

Date

c. 395-360 BC
Classical Period  🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΕΩΝ

Design

Griffin leaping left, forepart and forpaws raised, with feathered wings, tail curling and closed beak.
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Reverse

Legend

ΕΠ ΟΡΧ-ΑΜΟ

Design

Laureate head of Apollo, right.
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Persons

Magistrate

Orchamos 🔍 ❐

Metrology

Denomination

Dichalkon 🔍 ❐

Material

bronze  🔍 ❐

Diameter

16 mm

Weight

4.41 g

Axis

2

Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de  ❐
Owner Inventory No.: 18246011
Provenience: 1906 Löbbecke - Vorbesitzer Löbbecke

Citation

Fritze, Die autonomen Münzen von Abdera. Eine chronologische Studie 3, 1909 pl. 3, pic. 10  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 98, nr. 179,1, pl. 3, pic. 19  ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 207, nr. 266 a, pl. 15  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 180, nr. 17  ❐

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 207-208, nr. 265-267, pl. 15 (c. 411/410-386/385 BC.)   ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 180, nr. 16-21 (Dichalkon)   ❐

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