cn type 5019
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cn type 5019

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 475-450 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΣΜΟΡ
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Symbol
satyr (position: on the left)
Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Smor- 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Stater (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
Diameter
28 mm (2x)
Average Weight
14.84 g (8x)
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 110-111, nr. 108-111, pl. 7  (c. 492-473470 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.65  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 5019, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5019 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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