cn type 5274

Edition

An edition has been created for this type.🔍

Mint

Abdera 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐
Typology

Date

c. 450-425 BC
Classical Period  🔍

Obverse

Design

Griffin leaping left.
go to the NLP result of this description

Symbol

amphora (position: above)

Reverse

Legend

ΕΠ ΕΡΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΔΕΩ

Design

Quadripartite linear square; all within incuse square.
go to the NLP result of this description

Persons

Magistrate

Hermokratides 🔍 ❐

Metrology

Denomination

Stater (tetradrachm) 🔍 ❐

Material

silver  🔍 ❐

Diameter

28 mm (1x)

Average Weight

14.85 g (3x)

Axes

12 (1x)

Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 134-135, nr. 164-168, pl. 11  (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.87 🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 5274, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/5274 [Last downloaded: 2025/12/17]

License:

This record is licensed under: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Contact

Comments or information about this coin? Please email us