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cn coin 6596

Connected to Type

CN Type 5782 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 366 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin leaping left, forepart and forpaws raised, with feathered wings, tail curling and closed beak.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΠΡΩ-ΤΗΣ
Design
Grain ear with leaves standing upright; in slightly incused field.
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Persons

Magistrate: Protes (III) 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Chalkous 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
13 mm
Weight
1.22 g
Axis
6
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 18245996

Provenience: 1900 Imhoof-Blumer - Vorbesitzer 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. 82, nr. 133,1  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 167. 186-7, nr. 70-80 ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 231, nr. 375, pl. 18 (c. 411/410-385/385 BC.)  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 186-187, nr. 70-81 (chalkous)  ❐

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cn coin 6596, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_6596 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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