cn coin 29485

Connected to Type

CN Type 5312 🔍

Mint

Abdera 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

c. 450-425 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Forepart of prancing griffin, left.
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Reverse

Design

Scallop shell in incuse square.
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Metrology

Denomination

Hemiobol 🔍
Standard: reduced Chian

Material

silver 🔍

Weight

0.20 g

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: ABD_2L_6_184o/r

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 142, nr. 198-199, pl. 12 (c. 473/470-449/448 BC.) ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 111-117 ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 125, nr. q ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 142, nr. 198-199, pl. 12 (c. 473/470-449/448 BC.) ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 111-117 ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 125, nr. q ❐

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cn coin 29485, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_29485 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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