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Klantbeoordeling Henzen
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AR Tetradrachm 450-425 v. Chr. THRACE (THRAKIEN), ABDERA - OFEO, magistrate - circa 450-425 BC vf+
Munthandel G.Henzen 
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32,00 mm
weight 14,91gr. | silver Ø 32mm.
obv. Griffin with open pointed wing springing left, feather shown,
all within border op dots
rev. EΠI OB EO around quadripartite linear square
The Greek settlement Abdera was begun as a failed colony from Klazomenai, traditionally dated to 654 BC. The polis lay 17 km east-northeast of the mouth of the Nestos River, almost directly opposite the island of Thasos. Herodotus reports that the leader of the colony had been Timesios but, within his generation, the Thracians had expelled the colonists. Timesios was subsequently honored as a local protective spirit by the later Abderans from Teos. The successful foundation occurred in 544 BC, when the majority of the people of Teos (including the poet Anacreon) migrated to Abdera to escape the Persian yoke. 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. Abdera had flourished especially in ancient times mainly for two reasons: because of the large area of their territory and their highly strategic position. The city controlled two great road passages (one of Nestos river and other through the mountains north of Xanthi). Furthermore, from their ports passed the sea road, which from Troas led to the Thracian and then the Macedonian coast. In 513 and 512 BC, the Persians, under Darius conquered Abdera, by which time the city seems to have become a place of considerable importance, and is mentioned as one of the cities which had the expensive honour of entertaining the great king on his march into Greece. In 492 BC, after the Ionian Revolt, the Persians again conquered Abdera, again under Darius I but led by his general Mardonius. On his flight after the Battle of Salamis, Xerxes stopped at Abdera and acknowledged the hospitality of its inhabitants by presenting them with a tiara and scimitar of gold. Thucydides mentions Abdera as the westernmost limit of the Odrysian kingdom when at its height at the beginning of the Peloponnesian war. It later became part of the Delian League and fought on the side of Athens in the Peloponnesian war. Abdera was a wealthy city, the third richest in the League, due to its status as a prime port for trade with the interior of Thrace and the Odrysian kingdom. In 408 BC, Abdera was reduced under the power of Athens by Thrasybulus, then one of the Athenian generals in that quarter. A valuable prize, the city was repeatedly sacked: by the Triballi in 376 BC, Philip II of Macedon in 350 BC later by Lysimachos of Thrace, the Seleucids, the Ptolemies, and again by the Macedonians. In 170 BC the Roman armies and those of Eumenes II of Pergamon besieged and sacked it. The town seems to have declined in importance after the middle of the 4th century BC. The ruins of the town may still be seen on Cape Balastra they cover seven small hills, and extend from an eastern to a western harbor on the southwestern hills are the remains of the medieval settlement of Polystylon. with granulated quarters the whole in incuse square.
The magistrate Ofeo seems to be unpublished for this coin type.
- coin of the highest rarity, possibly unique -
Sear- (cf. 1535) | BMC- | Weber collection- | McClean -
AMNG - | SNG.Copenhagen - | HGC 3.2, - (cf. 1136) | May -
von Fritze- | James collection- | Kraay - (cf. 530) RRRR
vf+
obv. Griffin with open pointed wing springing left, feather shown,
all within border op dots
rev. EΠI OB EO around quadripartite linear square
The Greek settlement Abdera was begun as a failed colony from Klazomenai, traditionally dated to 654 BC. The polis lay 17 km east-northeast of the mouth of the Nestos River, almost directly opposite the island of Thasos. Herodotus reports that the leader of the colony had been Timesios but, within his generation, the Thracians had expelled the colonists. Timesios was subsequently honored as a local protective spirit by the later Abderans from Teos. The successful foundation occurred in 544 BC, when the majority of the people of Teos (including the poet Anacreon) migrated to Abdera to escape the Persian yoke. 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. Abdera had flourished especially in ancient times mainly for two reasons: because of the large area of their territory and their highly strategic position. The city controlled two great road passages (one of Nestos river and other through the mountains north of Xanthi). Furthermore, from their ports passed the sea road, which from Troas led to the Thracian and then the Macedonian coast. In 513 and 512 BC, the Persians, under Darius conquered Abdera, by which time the city seems to have become a place of considerable importance, and is mentioned as one of the cities which had the expensive honour of entertaining the great king on his march into Greece. In 492 BC, after the Ionian Revolt, the Persians again conquered Abdera, again under Darius I but led by his general Mardonius. On his flight after the Battle of Salamis, Xerxes stopped at Abdera and acknowledged the hospitality of its inhabitants by presenting them with a tiara and scimitar of gold. Thucydides mentions Abdera as the westernmost limit of the Odrysian kingdom when at its height at the beginning of the Peloponnesian war. It later became part of the Delian League and fought on the side of Athens in the Peloponnesian war. Abdera was a wealthy city, the third richest in the League, due to its status as a prime port for trade with the interior of Thrace and the Odrysian kingdom. In 408 BC, Abdera was reduced under the power of Athens by Thrasybulus, then one of the Athenian generals in that quarter. A valuable prize, the city was repeatedly sacked: by the Triballi in 376 BC, Philip II of Macedon in 350 BC later by Lysimachos of Thrace, the Seleucids, the Ptolemies, and again by the Macedonians. In 170 BC the Roman armies and those of Eumenes II of Pergamon besieged and sacked it. The town seems to have declined in importance after the middle of the 4th century BC. The ruins of the town may still be seen on Cape Balastra they cover seven small hills, and extend from an eastern to a western harbor on the southwestern hills are the remains of the medieval settlement of Polystylon. with granulated quarters the whole in incuse square.
The magistrate Ofeo seems to be unpublished for this coin type.
- coin of the highest rarity, possibly unique -
Sear- (cf. 1535) | BMC- | Weber collection- | McClean -
AMNG - | SNG.Copenhagen - | HGC 3.2, - (cf. 1136) | May -
von Fritze- | James collection- | Kraay - (cf. 530) RRRR
vf+
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