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Tetradrachm - Aleximachos
| Issuer | Abdera |
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| Year | 415 BC - 395 BC |
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| Reference(s) | May Abdera#202-203, CN type#5417 |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Abdera |
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Abdera's silver coinage of this period was struck under a rotating magistrate system, with each issue naming the presiding official — here, Aleximachos. The city operated this eponymous practice consistently through the late fifth and early fourth centuries, making each magistrate's name a rough chronological anchor rather than a statement of individual authority. Abdera was a wealthy Aegean trading port, and its heavy silver tetradrachms circulated well beyond Thrace.
May's die study remains the definitive reference for sequencing these issues. Types 202–203 fall within a tightly grouped emission, distinguished from adjacent issues by reverse die characteristics documented in that corpus.