cn type 5555

Edition

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.117

Mint

Abdera 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

c. 415-395 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse

Legend

ΕΠΙ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΙΤΟ

Design

Lyre with seven strings; within a linear square; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Demokritos 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

tetradrachm 🔍

Material

silver 🔍

Diameter

22 mm (1x)

Average Weight

13.92 g (5x)

Axes

6 (1x)

Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 172-173, nr. 234-237, pl. 14 (c. 439/437-411/410 BC, reduced Thraco-Macedonian standard) ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 63, nr. 73 ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 117-118 ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.117 🔍

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cn type 5555, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.117 [Last downloaded: 2026/06/06]