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cn type 5977

Edition
cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.196
Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 360-350 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΒΔΗ
Design
Griffin leaping left.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΖΗΝΩΝΟ
Design
Hermes standing right, wearing petasus, holding staff in right hand; all within incuse square.
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Symbol
kantharos (position: at the bottom right)
Persons

Magistrate: Zenon (Abdera) 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double siglos (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
23 mm (1x)
Average Weight
10.81 g (6x)
Axes
11 (1x)
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 259-260, nr. 447-448, pl. 20  (c. 386/385-375 BC)  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 69, nr. 92  (c. 425-400 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 (355 BC)  ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.196  🔍

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cn type 5977, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.196 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/17]

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