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Tetrobol - Nymphagoras
| Issuer | Abdera |
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| Year | 411 BC - 385 BC |
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| Value | Tetrobol (⅔) |
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| Obverse description | Griffin sejant to right, with leonine hindquarters, outstretched wings, and open beak, depicted in bold archaic relief upon a plain field. The creature's musculature and feathering are rendered with fine detail characteristic of Abderite coinage of the late 5th to early 4th century BC. A partial beaded border frames the design along the lower portion. The abbreviated ethnic legend ΑΒΔΗ appears in the upper field above the griffin. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A dolphin leaping to the left is depicted in high relief at the centre of a recessed square incuse, the characteristic mill-sail or linear square punch associated with Thracian coinage of this period. The magistrate's name is inscribed in Greek letters along the borders of the incuse square, reading EPI NYM-ΦAΓ-OPEΩ, identifying the eponymous magistrate Nymphagoras. A beaded border surrounds the outer edge of the incuse. |
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