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cn type 5225

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 475-450 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Design
Lion scalp facing, within incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
Obol 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Average Weight
0.50 g (1x)
Citation

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 109-110  ❐

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 113, nr. 115-118 (cf. different denomination, 492-473/470 BC.)  ❐

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

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.80  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 5225, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5225 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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