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cn coin 7642

Connected to Type

CN Type 6096 🔍

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 346/345-336 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΧΕΛΑΟΥ
Design
Griffin leaping left, forepart and forpaws raised, with feathered wings, tail curling and closed beak.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΑΒΔ-ΗΡΙ-ΤΕΩ-Ν
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, right; within linear square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Archelaos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Hemisiglos (drachm) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 16.3 mm / Min: 15.2 mm
Weight
2.66 g
Axis
5
Owner

BBAW, Berlin, de ❐

Provenience: SHH 2882

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. 86, nr. 142 ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 284-285, nr. 519-528 ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 128-134 ❐

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 284-285, nr. 519-528, pl. 23 (c. 346/345-336 BC)  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 128-134 ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 86, nr. 142 (c. 400-390 BC)  ❐

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cn coin 7642, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_7642 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]

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