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cn coin 10978

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CN Type 5618 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 395-360 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin leaping left.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΑΝΑΞΙΠΟΛΙΟΣ
Design
Laureate male head, right.
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Persons

Magistrate: Anaxipolis (III) 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Dichalkon 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Weight
4.14 g
Owner

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

Provenience: Fonds général 84

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: ABD_2L_7_003o/r

Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 213, nr. 285 a  (c. 411/410-386/385 BC.)  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 182, nr. 29 a  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 98, nr. 177.2  ❐

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 213, nr. 285-286, pl. 16 (c. 411/410-386/385 BC.)  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 182, nr. 29-30 (Dichalkon)  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 98, nr. 177 ❐

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cn coin 10978, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_10978 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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