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cn type 5276

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 450-425 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin leaping left.
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Symbol
laurel-spray (position: below) figur flying (position: above)
Reverse
Legend
ΕΠ ΗΓΗΣΙΠΠΟ
Design
Quadripartite linear square; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Hegisippos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Stater (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
27 mm (1x)
Average Weight
14.74 g (5x)
Axes
9 (1x)
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 136-137, nr. 171-173, 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.86  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 5276, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5276 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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