cn coin 21359
cn coin 21359-0
cn coin 21359-1
Legend
Mint
Hoard
Findspot

cn coin 21359

Connected to Type

CN Type 4512 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 475-450 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΗΡΟ
Design
Griffin leaping left.
go to the NLP result of this description
Symbol
shell (position: below) dot / pellet (position: above)
Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
go to the NLP result of this description
Persons

Magistrate: Hero- 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Stater (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Weight
14.70 g
Owner

The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, gb ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: ABD_2L_1_029o/r

Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 98, nr. 68 a, pl. 5  (492-473/470 BC.)  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 107-110 ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 98, nr. 67-68, pl. 5 (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 ❐

Cite this record:

cn coin 21359, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_21359 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

License:

This record is licensed under: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike

Contact

Comments or information about this coin? Please email us