Tetradrachm - Melanippo

Features

Issuer	Abdera (Thrace)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	450 BC - 425 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	14.82 g
Diameter	28 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 387580
References	May Abdera# 161-163 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# 55 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# 1033 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Mionnet 1# 5 Théodore Edme Mionnet; 1806. Description de médailles antiques Grecques et Romaines avec leur degré de rareté et leur estimation / Tome 1. Lusitanie. Bétique. Gaules. Italie. Sicile. Sarmatie Européene. Dacie. Moesie Inférieure. Thrace. Chersonèse de Thrace. Macédoine.. Imprimerie de Testu, Paris, France. , Weber# 2373 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , CN type# 5272 Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) , Consul Weber# 842 Jacob Hirsch. Sammlung Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber. Munich, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes).

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Obverse

(en) Griffin springing left; above, cantharus.

Reverse

Nazwa magistratu wokół podniesionego czworokątnego kwadratu z wcięciem. Całość wewnątrz płytkiego kwadratu z wcięciem. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΕΠΙ ΜΕΛΑΝΙΠΠΟ

Mint

Abdera, Thrace, modern-day Avdira, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (450 BC - 425 BC)								$ 32 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 126 Lot 85	17 Nov 2021	XF	USD 30 408.65 (CHF 24 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	CNG Triton XIV Lot 43	4 Jan 2011	XF	USD 40 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Hirsch XXI, 1908, Consul Weber, 842; Sotheby’s 21 June 1990, Bunker Hunt part II, 320; Giessener Münzhandlung Dieter Gorny 56, 1991, 140; Lanz 60, 1992, 86; CNG 42, 1997, 284; Leu 83, 2002, 137 = Jameson 1033 = Consul Weber 842
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Leu Numismatik Auction 6 Lot 95	23 Oct 2020	VF	USD 6968.65 (CHF 5500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the Kleinkunst Collection, ex Spink 96, 31 March 1993, 51; Ars Classica 13, 27-29 June 1928, 617 and from the collections of Sir H. Weber (1823-1918) and J. P. Lambros (1843-1909)
© Leu Numismatik