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cn coin 13561

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CN Type 5141 🔍

Coinage
 

Ruler: Seuthes III. (Hellenistic king)  

Tribe: Odrysae  

Date

330-295 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Laureate head of bearded Seuthes III (or Zeus), right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΣΕΥΘΟΥ
Design
Horseman on horse galopping right.
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Symbol
star (position: below)
Persons

Authority: Seuthes III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
medium denomination (bronze) 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Weight
5.12 g
Owner

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr ❐

Provenience: Fonds général 51

Public Commentary

Avers-Ikonographie in der Literatur teilweise auch als Kopf des Zeus interpretiert.

Literature

Peter, Die Münzen der thrakischen Dynasten (5. - 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr.): Hintergründe ihrer Prägung, Berlin 1997 p. 182, nr. 4 ❐

Jurukova, Coins of the ancient Thracians [engl.] Transl. from the Bulgarian Yordanka Youroukova, 1976 nr. 75-89 ❐

Peter, Die Münzen der thrakischen Dynasten (5. - 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr.): Hintergründe ihrer Prägung, Berlin 1997 p. 182, nr. 4 ❐

Peykov, Catalogue of the Coins from Thrace. Part I: Tribal and Rulers' Coinages of Thracians, Paeonians, Celts and Scythians 5th c. B.C. - 1st c. A.D., Veliko Tărnovo 2011 p. 66-67, nr. B0770 ❐

Jurukova, Coins of the ancient Thracians [engl.] Transl. from the Bulgarian Yordanka Youroukova, 1976 p. 75-89 ❐

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cn coin 13561, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_13561 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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