v36_0069 - THRACE - ABDERA Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 2 800.00 €
Estimate : 4 500.00 €
Realised price : 2 800.00 €
Starting price : 2 800.00 €
Estimate : 4 500.00 €
Realised price : 2 800.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 400 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thrace, Abdère
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,91 g.
Rarity : R3
Emission: 98e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Droit bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers de style fin pour une typologie de la plus grande rareté. Patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Gorny 55, 14 mai 1991, n° 96
Obverse
Obverse description : Griffon à gauche.
Obverse legend : ABDHRI
Obverse translation : (D’Abdère).
Reverse
Reverse description : Trépied delphien orné d’une guirlande ; le tout dans les restes d’un carré creux.
Reverse legend : PUQ/WN
Commentary
Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire du British Museum (BMC. 32). Même coin de revers que l’exemplaire du musée de Boston n° 765.
Same obverse die as the British Museum copy (BMC. 32). Same reverse die as the Boston Museum copy no. 765
Same obverse die as the British Museum copy (BMC. 32). Same reverse die as the Boston Museum copy no. 765
Historical background
THRACE - ABDERA
(410-385 BC)
Abdera was founded in 656 BC.. -VS. on the southern coast of Thrace, not far from the mouth of the Nestos (Herodotus I, 168) by colonists coming from Clazomenes (Ionia). The new city was abandoned and it was only in 543 BC. -VS. that part of the inhabitants of Teos (Ionia), fleeing the Persian yoke, came to settle permanently in Abdera. The city then experienced great political and economic development.. The choice of the griffin as a monetary type in Abdera comes from its metropolis Teos. The city served as the headquarters of Xerxes during the Persian Wars. The city remained the main port under Persian domination until Cimon's victory at the mouth of the Eurymedon in 465 BC.. -VS. It then experienced a period of intense activity under the authority of the Delio-Athenian league to which it joined in 454 BC.. -VS. The city was besieged and taken by Thrasybulus, an Athenian general in 410 or 408 BC.. -VS. Having found freedom after the fall of Athens, she nevertheless had to appeal to her in 377 BC.. -VS. when the Triballes threatened his independence. It was Chabrias, an Athenian general who freed it. From 350 BC. -VS. , it entered the Macedonian orbit and then lost its commercial and strategic importance.
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