cn type 5228

Edition

An edition has been created for this type.🔍

Mint

Abdera 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐
Typology

Date

c. 475-450 BC
Classical Period  🔍

Obverse

Design

Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse

Design

Head of an eagle, right; within incuse square.
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Metrology

Denomination

Obol 🔍 ❐

Material

silver  🔍 ❐

Diameter

9 mm (1x)

Average Weight

0.47 g (1x)

Axes

2 (1x)

Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 114-115, nr. 123-125, pl. 8  (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.79 🔍

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cn type 5228, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/5228 [Last downloaded: 2025/11/09]

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