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cn coin 6608

Connected to Type

CN Type 6578 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 346/345-336 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 ΑΡΧ-ΕΣΤ-ΡΑΤ-ΟΣ
Design
Quadripartite linear square with pellet in each quarter.
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Persons

Magistrate: Archestratos 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
Chalkous 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
10 mm
Weight
0.92 g
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 18246021

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. 100, nr. 186  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 190, nr. 112 ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 190, nr. 112 (c. 346/345-336 BC, chalkous)  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 100, nr. 186 ❐

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cn coin 6608, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_6608 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/26]

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