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cn type 5947

Edition
cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.189
Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 360-350 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΒΔ
Design
Griffin leaping left.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΠΕΙΘΕΣΙΛΕΩ
Design
Silenus kneeling left, holding cantharus in right hand; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Peithesiles 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double siglos (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 255, nr. 420-420/1, pl. 20  (c. 386/385-375 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 (356 BC)  ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.189  🔍

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cn type 5947, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.189 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/20]

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