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Tetradrachm - Nikostratos
| Issuer | Abdera |
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| Year | 415 BC - 395 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Abdera's tetradrachms from this period carry the name of a local magistrate — an eponymous official whose name appeared on the coinage as a mark of civic accountability, a practice the Thracian coastal city maintained with unusual consistency through the late fifth and early fourth centuries. Nikostratos is attested in this series, placing his tenure somewhere within the broader sequence catalogued by May. The city's silver supply drew heavily on Thracian mining networks, and Abdera's mint was among the more prolific in the northern Aegean during precisely this window, before Philip II's campaigns disrupted regional coin production entirely.