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Tetradrachm - Athenaios
| Issuer | Abdera |
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| Year | 415 BC - 395 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A griffin seated to the left in high relief, with its eagle head raised and beak open, powerful lion-like body, and large swept wings spread upward and to the right. The creature rests on its haunches with one forepaw raised, rendered with fine detail in the feathering of the wings and the musculature of the body. A small circular symbol, possibly a letter or control mark, appears to the right of the griffin in the field. The design is contained within a circular border on a plain, slightly granular field typical of Thracian Greek coinage of this period. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Abdera's tetradrachms from this period are notable for naming the presiding magistrate — here Athenaios — directly on the coin, a civic practice that makes precise attribution possible but chronological sequencing difficult. The city on the Thracian coast was a major mint in the late fifth century, enriched by trade and by its position between Macedonian and Odrysian power, though it suffered a devastating Triballi raid around 376 BC that effectively ended its prosperity as a minting center. May's die study remains the definitive reference for sequencing these magistrate issues.