Tetradrachm - Herak[...]

Features

Issuer	Abdera (Thrace)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	475 BC - 450 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	14.70 g
Diameter	26 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 399752
References	May Abdera# 104-107 John M. F. May, Colin Mackennal Kraay (ed.), Gilbert Kenneth Jenkins (ed.); 1966. The coinage of Abdera (540-345 B.C.). Royal Numismatic Society, London, United Kingdom. , AMNG II# 21 Friedrich Münzer, Max L. Strack, Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer (ed.); 1912. Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands / Band 2.1. Die antiken Münzen Thrakien: Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos. Georg Reimer, Berlin, Germany. , Jameson# 1997 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , BostonMFA# 747 Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. , CN type# 4960 Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) , SNG Berry# 469 Margaret Thompson, Robert Ross Holloway, Irwin L. Merker. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Burton Y. Berry Collection. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States (2 volumes). , Warren# 436 Kurt Regling; 1906. Die griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren. Georg Reimer, Berlin, Germany (2 volumes).

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Obverse

Griffin seated left, raising right forepaw; cicada to left, magistrate name to right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: HPAK

Reverse

Quadripartite incuse square.

Mint

Abdera, Thrace, modern-day Avdira, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (475 BC - 450 BC)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Auction 90 Lot 378	23 May 2012	XF	USD 4000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Künker Auction 226 Lot 277	11 Mar 2013	VF	USD 3018.36 (EUR 2600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg