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cn coin 27363

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CN Type 5555 🔍

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 415-395 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΙΤΟ
Design
Lyre with seven strings; within a linear square; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Demokritos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Material
Diameter
23 mm
Weight
13.96 g
Owner

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, us

Owner Inventory No.: 04.590

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: Warren

Public Commentary

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/2310/tetradrachm-of-abdera-with-seated-griffin-struck-under-demo

Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 173, nr. 236a, pl. XIV  (439/37-411/10 BC) 

Regling, Die griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, Berlin 1906 nr. 445 

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 63, nr. 73.3 

Brett, Catalogue of Greek coins. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1955 nr. 759 

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 172-173, nr. 234-237, pl. 14 (c. 439/437-411/410 BC, reduced Thraco-Macedonian standard) 

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 63, nr. 73

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 117-118

Web Reference: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/2310/tetradrachm-of-abdera-with-seated-griffin-struck-under-demo

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cn coin 27363, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_27363 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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