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cn coin 11041

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CN Type 6340 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 336-311 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΕΩΝ
Design
Griffin lying left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΑΔΟΣ
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, right.
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Persons

Magistrate: Dionysas (II) 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double siglos (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
24 mm
Weight
9.92 g
Axis
11
Owner

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

Provenience: de Luynes 1757

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: ABD_2L_6_026o/r

Citation

Babelon, Catalogue de la collection De Luynes: monnayes grecques, Sala Bolognese 1977 nr. 1757  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 407, nr. 161, pl. 14, pic. 9  ❐

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 292, nr. 535, pl. 24 (c. 365/350-350/345 BC)  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 407-408, nr. 159-165 (336-311 BC)  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 89, nr. 149 (c. 390-352 BC)  ❐

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cn coin 11041, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_11041 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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