cn type 5290

Edition

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Mint

Abdera 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐
Typology

Date

c. 450-425 BC
Classical Period  🔍

Obverse

Design

Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse

Design

Quadripartite incuse square, divided by two crossed lines.
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Metrology

Denomination

Obol 🔍 ❐

Material

silver  🔍 ❐

Average Weight

0.55 g (4x)

Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 141-142, nr. 190-197, pl. 12  (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. 111-117  ❐

Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?, 2015 p. 179-182  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 124, nr. o  ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.106 🔍

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cn type 5290, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/5290 [Last downloaded: 2024/12/03]

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