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cn coin 7615

Connected to Type
CN Type 4433 🔍
Mint
Abdera 🔍
Region: Thrace
Typology
Date
c. 520-500 BC
Archaic Period  🔍
Obverse
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised, with palmette-like curved upwards wings, tail curling and open beak with tongue protruding. Dotted line.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse punch.
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Metrology
Denomination
Obol 🔍
Material
silver  🔍
Diameter
Max: 8.8 mm / Min: 8 mm
Weight
0.57 g
Owner
BBAW, Berlin, de  
Provenience: SHH 252
Literature
Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942 nr. 312-314  
May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 nr. 27  
Sear, Greek Coins and their Values, London 1994 p. 137, nr. 1338  
May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 66, nr. 27, pl. 2 (540/535-520/515 BC.)   
Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 148 (Date.)   
Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?, 2015 p. 179-182  
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cn coin 7615, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_7615 [Last downloaded: 2024/11/03]
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