cn coin 28396
cn coin 28396-0
cn coin 28396-1
Legend
Mint
Hoard
Findspot

cn coin 28396

Forgery
Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date
Obverse
Legend
ΑΒΔ
Design
Griffin leaping left off capital of Ionic column, forepart and forpaws raised.
go to the NLP result of this description
Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΦΙΛΑΙΟ
Design
Hermes standing left, wearing petasus and chlamys, extending left hand; all within incuse square.
go to the NLP result of this description
Symbol
astragalos (position: at the bottom right)
Persons

Magistrate: Philaios 🔍  

Metrology
Material
silver 🔍  
Weight
2.50 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_5_034o/r

Citation

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 79, nr. 125.11, pl. 2, pic. 28  (c. 425-400 BC)  ❐

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 256-258, nr. 423-438, pl. 20 ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 127 (ca.386/5-375 BC)  ❐

Cite this record:

cn coin 28396, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_28396 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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