cn type 5840
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cn type 5840

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 395-360 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Griffin standing left, right forepaw raised.
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Symbol
bay leaf (position: at the bottom left)
Reverse
Legend
ΑΒΔ
Design
Forepart of a bull, left; within incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
triobol 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 13 mm / Min: 12.2 mm
Average Weight
1.73 g (3x)
Axes
3 (1x) 5 (1x)
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 236, nr. 399, pl. 19  (c. 411/410-386/385 BC, thaco-macedonian standard 2nd series)  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 80, nr. 127  (c., 425-400 BC, triobol)  ❐

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.172  🔍

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cn type 5840, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5840 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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