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cn type 7027

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 150-50 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Poseidon, right, wearing taenia.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΩΝ
Design
Griffin lying left, right forepaw raised.
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Symbol
caduceus (position: on the left)
Metrology
Denomination
Obol 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 25 mm / Min: 23 mm
Average Weight
7.54 g (7x)
Axes
1 (1x) 12 (1x)
Citation

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 113, nr. 235  (250 BC)  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 319-321, nr. 817-835 (2nd half of 2nd c. to 1rst half of 1rst c. BC, obol)  ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.333  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 7027, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/7027 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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