cn type 6406
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cn type 6406

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 336-311 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΕΩΝ
Design
Griffin lying left, right forepaw raised.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΠΥΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, left, within linear square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Pythokles 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Hemisiglos (drachm) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
13 mm (1x)
Average Weight
2.50 g (1x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Citation

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 293, nr. 550, pl. 24  (c. 365/350-350/345 BC)  ❐

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 134-139  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 96, nr. 170  (c. 390-352 BC)  ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.245  🔍

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cn type 6406, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6406 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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