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cn type 5972

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Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 360-350 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΒΔ
Design
Griffin leaping left off capital of Ionic column.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠ ΙΡΟΜΝΗΜΟΝΟΣ
Design
Cantharus within linear square; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Hiromnemon 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Hemisiglos (drachm) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Average Weight
2.69 g (6x)
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 259, nr. 441.445-446, pl. 20  (c. 386/385-375 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. 75-76, nr. 112-113  (c. 425-400 BC)  ❐

Literature

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 127 ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.200  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 5972, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5972 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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