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cn type 6741

Edition
cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.299
Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 311-280 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΦΙΛΙΣΚ
Design
Griffin lying right, left forepaw raised.
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Symbol
caduceus (position: above) ΕΡ (position: on the right)
Reverse
Legend
ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΕΩΝ
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, right; within linear square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Philiskos (Abdera) 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
Dichalkon 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Citation

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 220, nr. 256-262  (c. 311-280 BC, dichalkon)  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 109, nr. 227  ❐

Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979 p. 75, nr. 84  ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.299  🔍

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cn type 6741, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.299 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/22]

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