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cn type 4429

Edition
cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.8
Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 520-500 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Symbol
goose (position: at the bottom left)
Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
Distater (octadrachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 64, nr. 21  (540/535-520/515 BC, octadrachm, abderitan standard)  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 148 (Date.)  ❐

Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?, 2015 p. 179-182 (red. chian standard)  ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.8  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 4429, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.8 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/19]

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