Tetradrachm / Double Siglos - Hipponax

Features

Issuer	Abdera (Thrace)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	336 BC - 311 BC
Value	2 Sigloi
Currency	Persic siglos/drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	10.66 g
Diameter	23.0 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 170627
References	May Abdera# 543 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# 153 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. , SNG Copenhagen# 355 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SNG Ashmolean# 3506, 3507 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , C-N# 124-140 Katerina Chryssanthaki-Nagle; 2007. L'histoire monetaire d'Abdère en Thrace (VIe s. avant J.-C.-IIe s. après J.-C.) / Volume 51. Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών, Athens, Greece. , CN type# 6373 Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) , HGC 3.2# 1211h Oliver D. Hoover; 2017. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors / Volume 3, Part 2. Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Griffin lying left, raising right forepaw with the ethnic split above and below

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΑΒΔΗ ΡΙΤΕΩΝ

Reverse

Laureate head of Apollo right, the name of the magistrate split at the sides and a shell below

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΕΠΙ ΙΠΠΩΝΑΚΤΟΣ

Mint

Abdera, Thrace, modern-day Avdira, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (336 BC - 311 BC)								$ 4600	$ 17 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Maison Palombo Auction 21 Lot 21	28 Jan 2023	AU (NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5)	USD 17 745.94 (CHF 14 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Maison Palombo Auction 19 Lot 24	12 Dec 2020	AU	USD 16 478.37 (CHF 13 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Heritage Auctions 2013 September 25 - 27, 30 & October 1 World and Ancient Coins Signature Auction - Long Beach 3026 Lot 23112	25 Sep 2013	AU (NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5)	USD 3819.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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	CNG Auction 127 Lot 72	17 Sep 2024	XF	USD 5500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Auction 126 Lot 104	28 May 2024	XF	USD 7000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 115 Lot 169	3 Apr 2022	XF	USD 4648.26 (EUR 4000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Roma Numismatics Auction XXII Lot 258	7 Oct 2021	XF	USD 3222.55 (GBP 2400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Nomos AG Auction 21 Lot 99	21 Nov 2020	XF	USD 10 736.29 (CHF 8470.00) (incl. buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Nomos AG Auction 15 Lot 42	22 Oct 2017	XF	USD 3422.43 (CHF 2700.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Triton XVIII Lot 410	6 Jan 2015	XF	USD 3250.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.