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cn coin 28693

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CN Type 6340 🔍

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 336-311 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

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

Magistrate: Dionysas (II) 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double siglos (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
Diameter
22 mm
Weight
9.92 g
Owner

commerce / im Handel, ,

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Provenience: Lanz 125 (28.11.2005) 147; Schlessinger 13 (04.02.1935) 447; vormals Ermitage

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: ABD_2L_6_020o/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. 89, nr. 149.8  (c. 390-352 BC) 

Schlessinger, Sammlung griechischer Münzen aus Museumsbesitz: Münz-Auktion 4. Februar 1935, Felix Schlessinger, Berlin, Berlin 1935 p. 25, nr. 447, pl. 17 

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 292, nr. 535, pl. 24 (c. 365/350-350/345 BC) 

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 292, nr. 535, 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. 407-408, nr. 159-165 (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. 149 (c. 390-352 BC) 

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cn coin 28693, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_28693 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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