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cn type 5286

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 450-425 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin leaping left.
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Reverse
Legend
ΔΕΟΝΥΣΑΣ
Design
Horse advancing left within linear square; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Deonysas 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Stater (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Average Weight
14.12 g (1x)
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 139. 142, nr. 186, pl. 1  (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.85  🔍

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cn type 5286, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5286 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]

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