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cn coin 27083

Connected to Type

CN Type 5290 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 450-425 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square, divided by two crossed lines.
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Metrology
Denomination
Obol 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Weight
0.55 g
Owner

commerce / im Handel, ,

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: ABD_2L_2_084o/r

Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 141, nr. 190 b, pl. XII  (473/70-449/8 BC)  ❐

Naville, Sammlung C. S. Bement/Philadelphia USA 6, Genua 1923 nr. 834  ❐

Forrer, The Weber collection: Greek coins, New York 1975 nr. 2369  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 111-117 ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 141-142, nr. 190-197, pl. 12 (c. 473/470-449/448 BC.)  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 111-117 ❐

Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?, 2015 p. 179-182 ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 124, nr. o ❐

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cn coin 27083, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_27083 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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