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cn type 5312

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 450-425 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Forepart of prancing griffin, left.
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Reverse
Design
Scallop shell in incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
Hemiobol 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
7.1 mm (1x)
Average Weight
0.23 g (3x)
Axes
7 (1x)
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 142, nr. 198-199, pl. 12  (c. 473/470-449/448 BC.)  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 125, nr. q  ❐

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 ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.107  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 5312, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5312 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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