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Æ19 - Phaulos
| Issuer | Abdera |
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| Year | 225 BC - 175 BC |
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| Diameter | 19.0 mm |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤ ΕΠΙ ΦΑΥΛ |
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Abdera, the Thracian coastal colony founded by Teos in the sixth century BC, maintained a remarkably consistent civic coinage long after Macedonian dominance had reduced most neighboring cities to monetary subordination. By the mid-Hellenistic period, the city was issuing bronze in the name of annual magistrates — the name Phaulos appearing on this piece identifies the eponymous official responsible for the emission, a naming convention that makes Abderan bronzes unusually useful for reconstructing the city's administrative sequence.