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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Abdera |
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| Year | 520 BC - 500 BC |
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| Diameter | 22 mm |
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| Obverse description | Griffin seated to left in profile, rendered in archaic Greek style with pronounced musculature and folded wings raised above the body. The creature is depicted with an open beak and a prominent foreleg raised, characteristic of early Abderite coinage. A dotted border or beaded circle frames the central device within the irregular flan. The treatment of the griffin reflects the strong Ionian artistic influence prevalent in Thracian coastal mint production of the late Archaic period. No inscription is present, consistent with the earliest issues of Abdera. |
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| Reverse description | Deep incuse square divided into four rectangular compartments by a raised cross-bar, forming a characteristic quadripartite incuse punch typical of early Greek coinage of the late sixth century BC. The individual compartments show alternating raised and sunken surfaces in a mill-sail or swastika-like pattern, a hallmark of the so-called 'archaic incuse' technique employed by Thracian and Ionian mints of this period. The surface within the incuse is rough and undecorated, reflecting the early stage of reverse die development at Abdera. No legend or subsidiary devices are present. |
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| Mintage | ND (520 BC - 500 BC) |
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