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cn coin 69112

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CN Type 6710 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 311-280 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
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ΜΕΝΑΝ
Design
Griffin lying right, left forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΕΩΝ
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, right; within linear square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Menan- 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
Dichalkon 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
15 mm
Weight
4.27 g
Axis
12
Owner

Kunstsammlungen der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: M 1155

Provenience: G 59/17 (Welz 1966; ex Grabow [25.06.1958])

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 (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 ❐

Web Reference: https://mk-bochum.ikmk.net/object?id=ID1891 ❐

Cite this record:

cn coin 69112, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_69112 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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