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cn type 5908

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 360-350 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΒΔΗ
Design
Griffin lying left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΤΗΛΕΜΑΧΟ
Design
Nude Heracles advancing right, holding club in right hand and bow and lion skin in left hand. All within a shallow incuse square.
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Symbol
shell (position: on the right)
Persons

Magistrate: Telemachos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double siglos (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
22 mm (1x)
Average Weight
11.04 g (8x)
Axes
5 (1x) 6 (1x)
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 251-252, nr. 402-404, pl. 19  (c. 386/385-375 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. 84, nr. 137, pl. 3, pic. 7  (c. 400-390 BC)  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 127 ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.193  🔍

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cn type 5908, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5908 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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