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Abdera Thrace
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352 - 323 BCE.
16 mm, 4,25 gr.
The name Abdera is of Phoenician origin and was shared in antiquity by Abdera, Spain and a town near Carthage in North Africa.[a] It was variously Hellenized as Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra), Αὔδηρα (Aúdēra),[5] Ἄβδαρα (Ábdara),[6] Ἄβδηρον (Ábdēron), and Ἄβδηρος (Ábdēros), before being Latinized as Abdera. Greek legend attributed the name to an eponymous Abderus who fell nearby and was memorialized by Hercules's founding of a city at the location.
The present-day town is written Avdira (Άβδηρα) and pronounced [ˈavðira] in modern Greek.
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![Abdera Thrace
352 - 323 BCE.
16 mm, 4,25 gr.
The name Abdera is of Phoenician origin and was shared in antiquity by Abdera, Spain and a town near Carthage in North Africa.[a] It was variously Hellenized as Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra), Αὔδηρα (Aúdēra),[5] Ἄβδαρα (Ábdara),[6] Ἄβδηρον (Ábdēron), and Ἄβδηρος (Ábdēros), before being Latinized as Abdera. Greek legend attributed the name to an eponymous Abderus who fell nearby and was memorialized by Hercules's founding of a city at the location.
The present-day town is written Avdira (Άβδηρα) and pronounced [ˈavðira] in modern Greek.](albums/userpics/47767/normal_IMG_1548_done.jpg "Click to view full size image
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Abdera Thrace
352 - 323 BCE.
16 mm, 4,25 gr.
The name Abdera is of Phoenician origin and was shared in antiquity by Abdera, Spain and a town near Carthage in North Africa.[a] It was variously Hellenized as Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra), Αὔδηρα (Aúdēra),[5] Ἄβδαρα (Ábdara),[6] Ἄβδηρον (Ábdēron), and Ἄβδηρος (Ábdēros), before being Latinized as Abdera. Greek legend attributed the name to an eponymous Abderus who fell nearby and was memorialized by Hercules's founding of a city at the location.
The present-day town is written Avdira (Άβδηρα) and pronounced [ˈavðira] in modern Greek.")
