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Coin Type: A bronze coin of Abdera in Thrace, 281-200 BCE Size and Weight: 23mm x 24mm, 6.67g Obverse: Head of Apollo right, laureate and with long hair, within circle of dots, wide placed. Reverse: (EΠI A)ΛEΞANΔPOY (A)BΔHPITΩN Griffin lying left, pointed wing almost horizontal, beak closed, right forefoot raised, the second wing visible in front of the neck; grain-ear above; all in slightly deepened field. Field Marks: Æ monogram in left field. Provenance: Numismatiklanz (eBay), December 2008 Ref: AMNG II, 238 BW Ref: 001 054 135 |
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Note 1: Thanks to Jochen on the Forum Classical Numismatics Discussion Board for identifying this coin. Note 2: The Omega character, the second last in the ethnic, can be distinguished from an A by the lack of a crossbar. For comparison, the second A in AΛEΞANΔPOY has a visible crossbar. | |
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