cn coin 28423

Connected to Type

CN Type 5571 🔍

Mint

Abdera 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

c. 415-395 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse

Design

Bull's head and neck, left, within incuse square.
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Metrology

Denomination

hemidrachm (triobol) 🔍
Standard: reduced Chian

Material

silver 🔍

Weight

1.67 g

Owner

Historisches Museum Frankfurt, Münzsammlung, Frankfurt am Main, de ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: ABD_2L_5_054o/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. 80, nr. 126.7 ❐

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 175-176, nr. 246-252, pl. 14 (c. 439/437-411/410 BC,Thraco-Macedonian 2nd series) ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 117-119 (ca. 415-395 BC\r\n) ❐

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cn coin 28423, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_28423 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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