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cn coin 10976

Connected to Type

CN Type 7027 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 150-50 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Poseidon, right, wearing taenia.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΩΝ
Design
Griffin lying left, right forepaw raised.
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Symbol
caduceus (position: on the left)
Metrology
Denomination
Obol 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
25 mm
Weight
7.18 g
Axis
12
Owner

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

Provenience: Fonds général 82

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: ABD_2L_8_022o/r

Citation

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 113, nr. 235,5  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 321, nr. 832 a  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 319-321, nr. 817-835 (2nd half of 2nd c. to 1rst half of 1rst c. BC, obol)  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 113, nr. 235 (250 BC)  ❐

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cn coin 10976, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_10976 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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