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cn coin 21425

Connected to Type

CN Type 5222 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 475-450 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Design
Lion scalp facing, within incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
hemidrachm (triobol) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Weight
1.54 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_2_017o/r

Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 113, nr. 115 b, pl. 8  (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. 113, nr. 115, pl. 8 (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 ❐

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cn coin 21425, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_21425 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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