cn coin 10917

Connected to Type

CN Type 5212 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 475-450 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Design
Forepart of a bull, left; within incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
hemidrachm (triobol) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
Weight
1.56 g
Owner

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

Owner Inventory No.: M 6637

Provenience: Fonds général 2854

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 112, nr. 114 (492-473/470 v. 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

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 112, nr. 114, pl. 8 (c. 492-473/470 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 10917, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_10917 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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