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cn type 5272

Edition
cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.95
Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 450-425 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin leaping left.
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Symbol
kantharos (position: above)
Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΜΕΛΑΝΙΠΠΟ
Design
Quadripartite linear square; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Melanippos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Stater (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Average Weight
14.85 g (6x)
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 133-134, nr. 161-163, pl. 10  (c. 473/470-449/448 BC.)  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 111-119 ❐

Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?, 2015 p. 179-182 ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.95  🔍

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cn type 5272, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.95 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/10]

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