cn coin 6629
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cn coin 6629

Connected to Type

CN Type 6710 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 311-280 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
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Legend obverse ΜΕΝΑΝ
Design
Griffin lying right on club, left forepaw raised, with feathered wings, tail curling and closed beak.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΑΒΔ-ΗΡΙ-ΤΕ-ΩΝ
Design
Head of (youthful) Apollo, right, within linear square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Menan- 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
Dichalkon 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
15 mm
Weight
3.80 g
Axis
1
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 18246048

Provenience: 1952/2274 - Vorbesitzer Mamroth

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 214-215, nr. 192-212 ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 214-215, nr. 192-212 (c. 311-280 BC, dichalkon)  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 108, nr. 221 ❐

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cn coin 6629, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_6629 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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