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cn type 4477

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 500-475 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΕΡ
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Er- 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Stater (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 23 mm / Min: 20.5 mm
Average Weight
14.21 g (2x)
Axes
1 (1x)
Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 104-105 ❐

Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?, 2015 p. 179-182 ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.43  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 4477, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/4477 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]

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