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cn coin 7296

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CN Type 6370 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 336-311 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΑΒΔΗΡ//ΙΤΕΩΝ
Design
Griffin lying left, right forepaw raised, with feathered wings, tail curling and closed beak.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠΙ - ΕΚΑ-ΤΩΝ-ΥΜΟ
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, right; within linear square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Hekatonymos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Hemisiglos (drachm) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
Diameter
Max: 16 mm / Min: 15 mm
Weight
2.32 g
Axis
10
Owner

Institut für Klassische Archäologie, Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen, de

Owner Inventory No.: 847

Citation

Mannsperger and Balluff, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : Deutschland [1] Münzsammlung der Universität Tübingen H. 2 Taurische Chersones - Korkyra: Nr. 731 - 1542, 1982 nr. 847 

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 292, nr. 540

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 nr. 164

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 292, nr. 540, pl. 24 (c. 365/350-350/345 BC) 

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 396-397, nr. 70-74 (336-311 BC) 

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 93, nr. 164 (c. 390-352 BC) 

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cn coin 7296, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_7296 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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