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cn type 5950

Edition
cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.203
Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 360-350 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΒΔ
Design
Griffin leaping left off capital of Ionic column.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΦΙΛΑΙΟ
Design
Hermes standing left, wearing petasus and chlamys, extending left hand; all within incuse square.
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Symbol
astragalos (position: at the bottom right)
Persons

Magistrate: Philaios 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Hemisiglos (drachm) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 15.8 mm / Min: 14 mm
Average Weight
2.71 g (24x)
Axes
1 (1x) 6 (2x) 12 (2x)
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 256-258, nr. 423-438, 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. 79, nr. 125, pl. 2, pic. 28  (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 (354 BC)  ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.203  🔍

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cn type 5950, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.203 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/19]

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