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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
silver 🔍  
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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