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cn coin 5639

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CN Type 5289 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 450-425 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised, with plain curved wings, tail curling and open beak with tongue protruding.
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Reverse
Design
Bull's head and neck, right, within incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
hemidrachm (triobol) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
10 mm
Weight
1.56 g
Axis
12
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 18237910

Provenience: 1900 Imhoof-Blumer

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. 53, nr. 42,1  ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 140, nr. 188 c  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 107-111 ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 140, nr. 188-189, 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 ❐

Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?, 2015 p. 179-182 ❐

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cn coin 5639, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_5639 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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