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cn coin 3321

Connected to Type

CN Type 6342 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 336-311 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΑΒΔΗ/ΡΙΤΕΩΝ
Design
Griffin lying right, left forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟΝ-ΥΣΑΔΟΣ
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, right.
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Persons

Magistrate: Dionysas (II) 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double siglos (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
24 mm
Weight
10.08 g
Axis
1
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 18215117

Provenience: Löbbecke 6592.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: ABD_2L_6_018o/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. 90, nr. 150.4  ❐

Schultz, Antike Münzen: Bildheft zur Ausstellung des Münzkabinetts in der Antikensammlung im Pergamonmuseum, Berlin 1997 nr. 68  ❐

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 nr. 537 ❐

Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek coins, New York 1976 nr. 542 ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 148 ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 292, nr. 537, 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. 408-409, nr. 166-176 (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. 90, nr. 150 (c. 390-352 BC)  ❐

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cn coin 3321, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_3321 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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