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cn coin 28796

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CN Type 6777 🔍

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 300-250 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΩΝ
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΩΝ
Design
Griffin lying left.
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Persons

Magistrate: Alexandros (2) 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
Obol 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
20 mm
Weight
9.14 g
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 1919,0605.3

Citation

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 249, nr. 401  (1st half of the 3rd c. BC)  ❐

Literature

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 115, nr. 238 ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 248-251, nr. 390-415 (1st half of the 3rd c. 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. 115, nr. 238 ❐

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cn coin 28796, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_28796 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/23]

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