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cn coin 6415

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CN Type 4647 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 475-450 BC

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Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse Δ-Ε-Ο
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised, with plain curved wings, tail curling and open beak with tongue protruding. Border of dots.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite linear square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Deo... 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Tetarte (drachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
Diameter
15 mm
Weight
3.29 g
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de

Owner Inventory No.: 18237481

Provenience: 1868/28804 - Veräusserer Firma Samuel Egger

Citation

Sallet, Beschreibung der antiken Münzen I: Taurische Chersonesus, Sarmatien, Dacien, Pannonien, Moesien, Thracien, thracische Könige, Berlin 1888 p. 99, nr. 6 

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 51, nr. 36,1 

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 107, nr. 95 a, pl. 6 

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. 106-108, nr. 93-97, pl. 6 (492-473/470 BC.) 

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 107-110

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

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cn coin 6415, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_6415 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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