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cn type 5608

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 395-360 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin leaping left.
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Symbol
grain of barley (position: above)
Reverse
Legend
ΗΡΟΦΑΝΗΣ
Design
Bunch of grapes within an ivy tendril; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Herophanes 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
stater 🔍  
Standard: Aeginetan
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
22 mm (1x)
Average Weight
12.63 g (2x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 210, nr. 275, pl. 15  (c. 411/410-386/385 BC, aeginetan standard)  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 119-126 ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.145  🔍

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cn type 5608, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5608 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]

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