cn type 6739
cn type 6739-0
cn type 6739-1
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cn type 6739

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 311-280 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΧΑΙΡΙΠΠΟΥ
Design
Griffin lying right on club.
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Symbol
grape (position: above)
Reverse
Legend
ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΕΩΝ
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, right; within linear square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Chairippos 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
Dichalkon 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 18 mm / Min: 15.7 mm
Average Weight
3.42 g (6x)
Axes
11 (3x) 12 (1x)
Citation

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 218-219, nr. 241-252  (c. 311-280 BC, dichalkon)  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 109, nr. 223  ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.292  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 6739, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/6739 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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