cn type 5542
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cn type 5542

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 415-395 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin leaping left.
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Reverse
Legend
ΠΟΛΥΚΡΑΤΗΣ
Design
Goat standing right within linear square; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Polykrates (I) 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Average Weight
14.40 g (1x)
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 170, nr. 225, pl. 13  (c. 438/437-411/410 BC, reduced Thraco-Macedonian standard)  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 117-118 ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.125  🔍

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cn type 5542, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5542 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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