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Tetrobol - Rhomenmonos
| Issuer | Abdera |
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| Year | 386 BC - 375 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Griffin springing to left, depicted in the characteristic Abderite style with outstretched wings rendered in fine parallel lines, powerful leonine haunches, and a beaked avian head with a decorative crest. The creature is shown launching forward from a grain ear, a distinctive compositional element associated with the city's coinage. The abbreviation ΑΒΔ appears in the right field, identifying the issuing city. The flan exhibits a lightly granular surface typical of early fourth-century Thracian silver coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΒΔ (Translation: Abdera) |
| Reverse description | A kantharos (two-handled wine cup) depicted in the centre of the reverse field, surrounded by the name of the eponymous magistrate in Greek legend. The design is enclosed within a linear square border set within a shallow incuse square, a hallmark of Abderite coinage throughout its classical period. The layout reflects the standard civic magistrate series of Abdera, identifying the responsible official by name around the central type. |
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