cn type 7021
cn type 7021-0
cn type 7021-1
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cn type 7021

Mint
Abdera 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 250-150 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasus.
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Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΑ
Design
Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised.
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Monogram
Monogram reverse (position: at the bottom left)
Persons

Magistrate: Dionysas (2) 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
Dichalkon 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
14 mm (3x)
Average Weight
2.61 g (4x)
Axes
6 (2x) 11 (1x)
Citation

Chryssanthaki-Nagle, L'histoire monétaire d'Abdère en Thrace: (VIe s. avant J.-C. - IIe s. après J.-C.), Athen 2007 p. 289, nr. 652-654  (2nd half of 3rd c. to 1rst half of 2nd c. 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. 111, nr. 231  (c. 281-200 BC.)  ❐

editions

cn.abdera_thrace.1_ed.328  🔍

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cn type 7021, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/7021 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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