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cn coin 6511

Connected to Type

CN Type 5571 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 415-395 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised, with feathered wings, tail curling and closed beak.
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Reverse
Design
Bull's head and neck, left, within incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
hemidrachm (triobol) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
13 mm
Weight
1.58 g
Axis
9
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 18242013

Provenience: 1900 Imhoof-Blumer - Vorbesitzer Imhoof-Blumer

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: ABD_2L_5_052o/r

Public Commentary

Die Auswertung der Hortfunde durch Chryssanthaki-Nagle (2007) bestätigte die von May (1966) aufgestellte Abfolge der abderitischen Münzen, erbrachte aber eine Neudatierung der Serie, die nach Chryssanthaki-Nagle zwanzig Jahre später als von May angenommen beginnt.

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. 80, nr. 126,5  ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 175, nr. 252c  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 117-119 ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 175-176, nr. 246-252, pl. 14 (c. 439/437-411/410 BC,Thraco-Macedonian 2nd series)  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 117-119 (ca. 415-395 BC\r\n)  ❐

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cn coin 6511, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_6511 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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