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cn type 4502

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 475-450 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΣΓΑ
Design
Griffin leaping left.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Asga- 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Stater (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Average Weight
14.96 g (2x)
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 96, nr. 60, pl. 4  (492-473/470 BC.)  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 107-110 ❐

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

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.49  🔍

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cn type 4502, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/4502 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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