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cn coin 27796

Connected to Type

CN Type 5969 🔍

Mint

Abdera 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

c. 360-350 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑΒΔ

Design

Griffin leaping left off capital of Ionic column.
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Reverse

Legend

ΙΡΟΜΝΗΜΩΝ

Design

Cantharus within linear square; all within incuse square.
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Symbol

ivy leaf (position: at the bottom right)

Persons

Magistrate: Hiromnemon 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

Hemisiglos (drachm) 🔍
Standard: Persian

Material

silver 🔍

Weight

2.82 g

Owner

commerce / im Handel, ,

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: ABD_2L_4_099o/r

Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 258, nr. 439 d (386/5-375 BC\r\n) ❐

Naville & Cie, Catalogue of public auction VII (23-24.06.1924). Collection Clarence S. Bement de Philadelphia (U.S.A.). Monnaies grecques antiques en or et en argent. Seconde partie: Attique a Mauritanie VII, 1924 nr. 844 ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 126-128 ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 258-259, nr. 439.444, pl. 20 (c. 386/385-375 BC) ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 127 (353 BC) ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 75-76, nr. 112-113 (c. 425-400 BC) ❐

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cn coin 27796, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_27796 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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