cn type 6511

Mint

Abdera 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

c. 311-280 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΜΗΝΟ

Design

Griffin lying left on club, right forepaw raised.
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Symbol

eight-rayed star (position: above)

Reverse

Legend

ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΕΩΝ

Design

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

Magistrate: Menon_Abdera 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

Tetrobol 🔍
Standard: Persian

Material

silver 🔍

Diameter

13 mm (1x)

Average Weight

1.61 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. 411-412, nr. 193-198 (c. 311-280 BC, tetrobol) ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 105, nr. 206 (c. 352-323 BC) ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.273 🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 6511, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6511 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]