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cn type 4385

Edition
cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.14
Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 520-500 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin standing left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
Stater (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
Diameter
21 mm (1x)
Average Weight
14.96 g (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. 122, nr. e, pic. 6 

Fritze, Die autonomen Münzen von Abdera. Eine chronologische Studie 3, 1909 p. 11, nr. 2, pl. 3, pic. 19 

Dressel and Regling, Zwei ägyptische Funde altgriechischer Silbermünzen 37, 1927 p. 91 f., nr. 152, pl. 3 

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 59, nr. 1-2, pl. 1  (540/535-520/515 BC, tetradrachm, Abderitan standard) 

Literature

Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?, 2015 p. 179-182 (red. chian standard) 

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 97-103. 148

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.14  🔍

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cn type 4385, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.14 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/17]

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