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cn coin 48597

Connected to Type

CN Type 6096 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 346/345-336 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΕΠ ΑΡΧΕΛΑΟΥ
Design
Griffin leaping left.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΕΩΝ
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, right; within linear square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Archelaos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Hemisiglos (drachm) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Weight
2.77 g
Owner

commerce / im Handel, ,

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Provenience: Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auktion 212, 5./6. 3. 2013, lot 1230

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 284-285, nr. 519-528, pl. 23 (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. 128-134 ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 86, nr. 142 (c. 400-390 BC)  ❐

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cn coin 48597, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_48597 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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