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Diobol
| Issuer | Abdera |
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| Year | 530 BC - 500 BC |
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| Value | Diobol (⅓) |
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| Obverse description | Griffin seated to left in profile, the right forepaw raised with claws extended and jaws open in a roaring posture. The creature's folded wings are rendered with bold, parallel striations, and the leonine haunches and serpentine tail are depicted with confident archaic modeling. The design fills the irregularly shaped flan with notable plasticity, characteristic of early Thracian coinage. The field is unlettered, with no legend or exergual inscription. |
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| Reverse description | Deep quadripartite incuse square, divided into four roughly equal rectangular compartments by a raised cross-shaped ridge, produced by the punch of the reverse die. The incuse is boldly impressed and slightly off-center on the irregular flan, a hallmark of early archaic hammered coinage from Abdera. The surface within the compartments shows the characteristic granular texture of the period. No inscription or additional device is present. |
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| Mint | Abdera (Thrace) |
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