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cn coin 6455

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CN Type 5279 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 450-425 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin leaping left, forepart and forpaws raised, with feathered wings, tail curling and open beak. Border of dots.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠ Η-ΓΗ-ΣΙΠ-ΠΟ
Design
Quadripartite and raised linear square; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Hegisippos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Tetarte (drachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
Diameter
16 mm
Weight
3.31 g
Axis
4
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de

Owner Inventory No.: 18241648

Provenience: 1900 Imhoof-Blumer - Vorbesitzer Imhoof-Blumer

Citation

Imhoof-Blumer and Keller, Tier- und Pflanzenbilder auf Münzen und Gemmen des klassischen Altertums, Leipzig 1889 p. 67, nr. 26, pl. 11 

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 59, nr. 60,1, pl. 1, pic. 16 

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 136, nr. 174b 

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 111-117

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 136, nr. 174 (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. 111-119

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

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cn coin 6455, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_6455 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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