Tetrobol - Herophanes

Features

Issuer	Abdera (Thrace)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	395 BC - 360 BC
Value	Tetrobol (⅔)
Currency	Aeginetic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	2.83 g
Diameter	15 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 566431
References	May Abdera# 276 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. , SNG Lockett# 1136 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , HGC 3.2# 1214 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. , CN type# 5609 Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/)

Obverse

Griffin springing towards the left.

Reverse

Head of Hermes facing left, wearing petasos. Caduceus on the left field and all within a linear border.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΗΡΟΦΑΝΗΣ

Mint

Abdera, Thrace, modern-day Avdira, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (395 BC - 360 BC)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 40 Lot 133	14 Mar 2026	VF	USD 698.21 (CHF 550.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the collection of Richard Cyril Lockett = SNG Lockett 1136 = May 276a
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