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cn type 6038

Edition
cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.207
Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 346/345-336 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΙΚΕΣΙΟΥ
Design
Griffin lying left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΕΩΝ
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, right.
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Persons

Magistrate: Hikesias 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Double siglos (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 274, nr. 464, pl. 22  (c. 375/373-365/360 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. 86, nr. 140  (c. 400-390 BC)  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 128-134 (c. 346/345-336 BC)  ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.207  🔍

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cn type 6038, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.207 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/19]

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