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cn coin 10908

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CN Type 4391 🔍

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 520-500 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
Stater (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Weight
14.57 g
Owner

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 1973.1.1

Provenience: Henri Seyrig

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 60-61, nr. 4. 8 ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 60-61, nr. 4-4/I, 8, pl. 1 (540/535-520/515 BC, tetradrachme, abderitan standard)  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 97-103. 148 ❐

Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?, 2015 p. 179-181 (red. chian standard)  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 121, nr. c, pl. 120, pic. 7 ❐

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cn coin 10908, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_10908 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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