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cn coin 29121

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

138-161 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ
Design
Bare head of Antoninus Pius, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΒΔΗΡЄΙΤΩΝ
Design
Diademed bust of youthful (Abderos?), right.
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Symbol
crescent and star (position: on the left)
Persons

Sitter: Antoninus Pius 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
as 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
20 mm
Weight
3.96 g
Axis
6
Owner

commerce / im Handel, ,

Provenience: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Electronic Auction 406, Lot 597, 27.09.2017

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 358-360, nr. 932-951 (Denomination B)  ❐

Calomino, RPC VI: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. VI: From Elagabalus to Maximinus Thrax (AD 218–238). online nr. 4494 (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4494)  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 119, nr. 253 ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 358-360, nr. 932-951 (Denomination B)  ❐

Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/ nr. 4494 (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4494)  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 119, nr. 253 ❐

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cn coin 29121, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_29121 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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