Ancient Greek Bronze Coin ABDERA in THRACE 345BC Griffin & Apollo

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Ancient Greek Bronze Coin ABDERA in THRACE 345BC Griffin & Apollo Ancient Greek Coin weight-3,39gr diameter-16mm Check out my other items ! GOOD LUCK Be sure to add me to your favorites list !Worldwide and combined shipping is possible! VERY RARE AND SCARCE GREEK COIN supplier of all our packages is a German registered mail with tracking number of the shipment Abdera ( Greek : Î�� βδηÏ�α ) was a city-state on the coast of Thrace 17 km east-northeast of the mouth of the Nestos , and almost opposite Thasos . The site now lies in the Xanthi Prefecture of modern Greece . The municipality of Abdera, or Ã�vdira. Its mythical foundation was attributed to Heracles (on behalf of his fallen friend Abderus ), its historical one to a colony from Klazomenai . This historical founding was traditionally dated to 654 BC , which is unverified, although evidence in 7th century BC Greek pottery tends to support it. But its prosperity dates from 544 BC , when the majority of the people of Teos (including the poet Anacreon ) migrated to Abdera to escape the Persian yoke ( Herodotus i.168). The chief coin type, a griffon , is identical with that of Teos; the rich silver coinage is noted for the beauty and variety of its reverse types. In 513 BC and 512 BC , the Persians conquered Abdera. In 492 BC , the Persians again conquered Abdera, this time under read more

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