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cn coin 28690

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CN Type 6339 🔍

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 336-311 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΕΩΝ
Design
Griffin lying right, left forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, right.
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Persons

Magistrate: Demetrios (Abdera) 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double siglos (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
Owner

Koninklijk Kabinet van Munten, Penningen en Gesneden Stenen - Den Haag / Nationale Numismatische Collectie - Amsterdam, Amsterdam, nl

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: ABD_2L_6_016o/r

Public Commentary

Actual location of the original coin is not certain and technical details are unknown.

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 291, nr. 534, pl. 24 (c. 365/350-350/345 BC) 

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 397-398, nr. 78-82 (336-311 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. 89, nr. 148 (c. 390-352 BC) 

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 291, nr. 534, pl. 24 (c. 365/350-350/345 BC) 

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 397-398, nr. 78-82 (336-311 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. 89, nr. 148 (c. 390-352 BC) 

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cn coin 28690, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_28690 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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