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cn coin 7178

Connected to Type

CN Type 6739 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 311-280 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
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Legend obverse ΧΑΙΡΙΠΠΟΥ
Design
Griffin lying right on club, left forepaw raised, with feathered wings, tail curling and closed beak; above, bunch of grapes.
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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: Chairippos 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
Dichalkon 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
16 mm
Weight
3.88 g
Axis
11
Owner

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Münzkabinett, Dresden, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: AAC2862

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 218, nr. 241-252, pl. 31 ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 218-219, nr. 241-252 (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. 109, nr. 223 ❐

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cn coin 7178, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_7178 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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