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cn coin 21222

Connected to Type

CN Type 4425 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 520-500 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Symbol
dog (position: at the bottom left)
Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse punch.
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Metrology
Denomination
Distater (octadrachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Weight
29.25 g
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: ABD_2L_1_002o/r

Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 63, nr. 14, pl. 1  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 148 ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 63, nr. 14, pl. 1 (540/535-520/515 BC, octadrachm abderitan standard)  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 148 (Date.)  ❐

Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?, 2015 p. 179-182 (red. chian standard)  ❐

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cn coin 21222, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_21222 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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