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cn type 4515

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 475-450 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΗΡΟ
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Hero- 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Tetarte (drachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
14 mm (1x)
Average Weight
3.06 g (3x)
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 99, nr. 69, pl. 5  (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.73  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 4515, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/4515 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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