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cn coin 6492

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CN Type 5971 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 360-350 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΑΒΔ
Design
Griffin leaping left off capital of Ionic column, forepart and forpaws raised, with feathered wings, tail under hindlegs and open beak.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΙΡΟ-ΜΝΗ-ΜΩΝ
Design
Cantharus in linear square; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Hiromnemon 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Hemisiglos (drachm) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
15 mm
Weight
2.43 g
Axis
12
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 18241861

Provenience: 1906 Löbbecke - Vorbesitzer Löbbecke

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. 75, nr. 112,3  ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 258, nr. 440b  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 126-127 ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 258-259, nr. 440.442-443, pl. 20 (c. 386/385-375 BC)  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 127 ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 75-76, nr. 112-113 (c. 425-400 BC)  ❐

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