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Abdera, Thrace

Abdera, on the southern coast of Thrace, not far from the mouth of the river Nestus, was originally a Clazomenian colony founded in the seventh century B.C. This first venture did not prove a success, but in 544 B.C. the site was reoccupied by the larger portion of the population of Teos, who preferred to leave their native land rather than submit to the Persian conqueror (Herod. i. 168). Abdera rose to be a place of considerable importance and wealth. The griffin as a coin-type at Abdera is clearly copied from that on the coins of the mother-city Teos. It may be borrowed from the cultus of the Hyperborean Apollo. The magistrates whose names occur on the coins of this town were probably members of the governing body, commissioned to superintend the coinage of the state, and not mere monetary magistrates.

Abdera, Thrace, c. 365 - 346 B.C.

|Abdera|, |Abdera,| |Thrace,| |c.| |365| |-| |346| |B.C.||tetradrachm|
Abdera was sacked by Philip II of Macedon in 350 B.C. and was absorbed in to Philip's empire. According to May, Philip closed the mint in 346 B.C. The city was later sacked and controlled by Lysimachos of Thrace, the Seleucids, the Ptolemies, and again the Macedonians. In 170 B.C., the Roman armies and those of Eumenes II of Pergamon besieged and sacked it.
SH26433. Silver tetradrachm, May Abdera 543, SNG Cop 355, nice VF, weight 10.205 g, maximum diameter 23.4 mm, die axis 180o, obverse ABΔH/PITEΩN, griffin reclining left; reverse EΠI IΠΠΩ-NAKTOΣ, diademed head of Apollo right, scallop shell below; scarce; SOLD


Abdera, Thrace, c. 365 - 346 B.C.

|Abdera|, |Abdera,| |Thrace,| |c.| |365| |-| |346| |B.C.||tetradrachm|
Abdera was sacked by Philip II of Macedon in 350 B.C. and was absorbed in to Philip's empire. According to May, Philip closed the mint in 346 B.C. The city was later sacked and controlled by Lysimachos of Thrace, the Seleucids, the Ptolemies, and again the Macedonians. In 170 B.C., the Roman armies and those of Eumenes II of Pergamon besieged and sacked it.
SH26405. Silver tetradrachm, May Abdera 539, SNG Cop -, aVF, weight 10.044 g, maximum diameter 23.3 mm, die axis 270o, obverse ABΔH/PITEΩN, griffin reclining right; reverse EΠI ΔIO-ΦANTOY, diademed head of Apollo right; attractive; rare; SOLD


Abdera, Thrace, c. 365 - 346 B.C.

|Abdera|, |Abdera,| |Thrace,| |c.| |365| |-| |346| |B.C.||tetradrachm|
The obverse die is unusual because at Abdera the griffin is usually facing left.
SH08448. Silver tetradrachm, Pozzi 2284 (same dies), May Abdera 537, SNG Cop 352 (obv same die)/353 (rev same die), AMNG -, BMC Thrace -, Hunterian -, Gulbenkian -, VF, weight 9.72 g, maximum diameter 22.5 mm, die axis 45o, obverse ABΔH/PITEΩN, griffin with pointed wing, recumbent right, left fore-leg raised; reverse EΠI ΔION-YΣAΔO[Σ], laureate head of Apollo right; flan crack, grainy surfaces; rare; SOLD







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