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cn coin 7624

Connected to Type

CN Type 5969 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 360-350 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΒΔ
Design
Griffin leaping left off capital of Ionic column, forepart and forpaws raised, with feathered wings, tail under hindlegs and open beak.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΙΡΟ-ΜΝΗ-ΜΩΝ
Design
Cantharus; in right field, ivy wreath; in linear square. All within incuse square.
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Symbol
ivy leaf (position: at the bottom right)
Persons

Magistrate: Hiromnemon 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Hemisiglos (drachm) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 14.5 mm / Min: 14.1 mm
Weight
2.84 g
Axis
4
Owner

BBAW, Berlin, de ❐

Provenience: SHH 1702

Literature

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 75, nr. 113 ❐

Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942 nr. 329 ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 258, nr. 439 ❐

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. 258-259, nr. 439.444, pl. 20 (c. 386/385-375 BC)  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 127 (353 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. 75-76, nr. 112-113 (c. 425-400 BC)  ❐

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cn coin 7624, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_7624 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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