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cn coin 9427

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CN Type 5780 🔍

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 395-360 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΑΒ
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised, with plain curved wings, tail curling and open beak with tongue protruding.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠΙ - ΠΡΩ-ΤΕΩ
Design
Three ears of corn within linear square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Protes (III) 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Drachm (tetrobol) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
Diameter
15 mm
Weight
2.85 g
Owner

Museum August Kestner, Hannover, Hannover, de

Owner Inventory No.: 1928.5

Public Commentary

Datierung Hannover: 430-408 v. Chr.

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 nr. 352-374, pl. 18, pic. 352-374

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 119-126

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 78, nr. 124

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 228-231, nr. 352-374, pl. 18 (c. 411/410-386/385 BC, persic standard) 

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 119-126 (ca. 395-360 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. 78, nr. 124, pl. 2, pic. 8 (c. 425-400 BC, drachm) 

Hoover, Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, Pa. London 2017 p. 24, nr. 1218 (drachm) 

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cn coin 9427, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_9427 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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