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cn type 4241

Coinage
 

Ruler: Mosses (Odrysian king)  

Tribe: Bisaltae  

Date

470-450 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Horseman (Hermes?) standing right with petasus and two spears, leading horse right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΜΟΣΣΕΩ
Design
Inscription surrounding a quadripartite linear square; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Authority: Mosses 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
half-stater (drachm) 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Average Weight
3.98 g (1x)
Public Commentary

In der Literatur manchmal den Bisalten zugeordnet.

Citation

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. 76, nr. C0090  ❐

Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?, 2015 p. 174-175  ❐

editions

cn.mosses_macedon.1_ed.2  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 4241, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/4241 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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