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Mint

Hoard

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cn type 6015

Mint

Abdera 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

c. 360-350 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑΒΔΗΡΙ

Design

Griffin lying left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse

Legend

ΠΟΛΥΚΡΑΤΗΣ

Design

Artemis standing right, holding a wreath in right hand and bow with arrow in left hand; at her feet, stag; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Polykrates (II) 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

Double siglos (tetradrachm) 🔍
Standard: Persian

Material

silver 🔍

Diameter

Max: 24 mm / Min: 23 mm

Average Weight

10.90 g (8x)

Axes

11 (1x) 12 (1x)

Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 262-263, nr. 458-459, pl. 21 (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. 83, nr. 135, pl. 3, pic. 8 (c. 425-400 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 (350-349 BC) ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.191 🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 6015, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6015 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]