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cn coin 10912

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CN Type 5019 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 475-450 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΣΜΟΡ
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Symbol
satyr (position: on the left)
Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Smor- 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Stater (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Weight
14.93 g
Owner

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

Provenience: Fonds général 6

Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 111, nr. 108 c  (c. 492-473470 BC.)  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 107-110 ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 110-111, nr. 108-111, pl. 7 (c. 492-473470 BC.)  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 107-110 ❐

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

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cn coin 10912, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_10912 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]

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