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cn coin 7619

Connected to Type

CN Type 6337 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 336-311 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΑΒΔΗ/ΡΙΤΕΩΝ
Design
Griffin standing left, right forepaw raised, with feathered wings, tail under hindlegs and closed beak. Ground line.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠΙ ΔΗ-ΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, right.
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Persons

Magistrate: Demetrios (Abdera) 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double siglos (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 22.1 mm / Min: 20.4 mm
Weight
9.24 g
Axis
1
Owner

BBAW, Berlin, de ❐

Provenience: SHH 94

Literature

Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979 nr. 66-67 ❐

Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942 nr. 352 ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 nr. 533 ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 148 ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 291, nr. 533, 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. 397, nr. 75-77 (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. 89, nr. 147 (c. 390-352 BC)  ❐

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cn coin 7619, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_7619 [Last downloaded: 2026/06/08]

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