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cn coin 28703

Connected to Type

CN Type 6057 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 346/345-336 BC

Classical 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
silver 🔍  
Weight
7.00 g
Owner

Nacionalen Arheologičeski Institut s Muzej, Sofia, bg ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: ABD_2L_6_033o/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. 85, nr. 139.14  (c. 390-352 BC)  ❐

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 275-277, nr. 465-481, pl. 22 (c. 346/345-336 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)  ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 275-277, nr. 465-481, pl. 22 (c. 375/3-365/60 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. 85, nr. 139 (c. 400-390 BC)  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 128-134 ❐

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cn coin 28703, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_28703 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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