cn type 6487

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 ΕΚΑΤΩΝΥΜΟ

Design

Laureate head of Apollo, right; within linear square.
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Symbol

star (position: on the right)

Persons

Magistrate: Hekatonymos 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

Hemisiglos (drachm) 🔍
Standard: Persian

Material

silver 🔍

Average Weight

2.45 g (3x)

Citation

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 395-396, nr. 67-69 (336-311 BC) ❐

Literature

May, The Coinage of Abdera: (540-345 B. C.), London 1966 p. 292, nr. 540, pl. 24 ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 93, nr. 164 ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.239 🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 6487, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6487 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]