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Thrace, Abdera AR Tetradrachm. Circa 439-411 BC. Magistrate, Demokritos. Griffin seated left, with right foreleg raised / EΠI ΔHMOKPITO in relief within linear square frame, within which a seven-stringed kithara; all within shallow square incuse. May, Abdera Pg. 173 & Pl. XIV, 237 (A.186/P.201). 14.14g, 24mm, 7h.
Very Fine / Good Fine; old collection tone. Extremely Rare, no other examples of the type on CoinArchives, and no other issues of this magistrate.
From the inventory of Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd. (New York).
Though uncertain, it is tempting to believe the Demokritos for whom the present coin was struck to be the pre-Socratic philosopher primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe. Born in the city of Abdera c. 460 BC and mentored by Leukippos, Demokritos the Philosopher is said to have lived to the age of 90, dying in c. 370 BC, and is considered by many to be the "father of modern science" (P. Gossin, Encyclopedia of Literature and Science, 2002).
Very Fine / Good Fine; old collection tone. Extremely Rare, no other examples of the type on CoinArchives, and no other issues of this magistrate.
From the inventory of Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd. (New York).
Though uncertain, it is tempting to believe the Demokritos for whom the present coin was struck to be the pre-Socratic philosopher primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe. Born in the city of Abdera c. 460 BC and mentored by Leukippos, Demokritos the Philosopher is said to have lived to the age of 90, dying in c. 370 BC, and is considered by many to be the "father of modern science" (P. Gossin, Encyclopedia of Literature and Science, 2002).