cn type 4388

Coinage

Tribe: Orrescii

Date

513-460 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΟΡΡ(Η,Ε)ΣΚΙΩΝ

Design

Herdsman (Hermes?) facing right with petasus and two spears pointing upwards, leading two oxen.
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Reverse

Design

Quadripartite incuse square, divided by two crossed lines.
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Metrology

Denomination

Tristater (Octadrachm) 🔍
Standard: reduced Aeginetan

Material

silver 🔍

Diameter

Max: 32 mm / Min: 28 mm

Average Weight

28.23 g (6x)

Public Commentary

Verschiedene Legendenschreibweisen möglich, die hier aber nicht unterschieden werden: ΟΡΡΗΣΚΙΩΝ, ΟΡΡEΣΚΙΩΝ, ΟΡΗΣΚΙΩΝ, ΟΡΡEΣΚΙOΝ.

Citation

Delev, A History of the Tribes of South-western Thrace in the First Millenium B.C., Sofia 2014 p. 387 ❐

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. 14, nr. A0540 ❐

Tzamalis, Relations militaires des tribus de la région Thraco-Macédonienne avec des arm'ees Perse et Grecques. L'évidence des monnaies, Bucarest 2011 p. 584, nr. 13 ❐

Gaebler, Fälschung makedonischer Münzen, Berlin 1931 p. 13-14, nr. 20-22, pl. 2, pic. 4-7 ❐

editions

cn.orrescii.1_ed.2 🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 4388, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/4388 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]