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cn coin 52997

Connected to Type

CN Type 5724 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 395-360 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin leaping left on ear of corn.
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Reverse
Legend
ΠΡΩΤΗΣ
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, left, within linear square.
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Symbol
ivy leaf (position: at the bottom left)
Persons

Magistrate: Protes (II) 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Drachm (tetrobol) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Weight
2.81 g
Owner

commerce / im Handel, ,

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Provenience: Künker 89 (08.03.2004) 1141.

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 223, nr. 330, pl. 17 (c. 411/410-386/385 BC, persic standard)  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 119-126 ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 78, nr. 122 (c. 425-400 BC, drachm)  ❐

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cn coin 52997, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_52997 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]

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