cn type 5827
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cn type 5827

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 395-360 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΒΔ(Η)
Design
Griffin leaping left.
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Reverse
Legend
ΝΥΜΦΑΓΟΡΗΣ
Design
Dolphin swimming diogonally left and down in dotted square; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Nymphagores 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Drachm (tetrobol) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 16 mm / Min: 14 mm
Average Weight
2.63 g (17x)
Axes
1 (1x) 2 (1x) 3 (2x) 12 (2x)
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 231-234, nr. 376-390, pl. 19  (c. 411/410-386/385 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. 77, nr. 118  (c. 425-400 BC, drachm)  ❐

Literature

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

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.163  🔍

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cn type 5827, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5827 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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