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cn type 4701

Coinage
 

Ruler: Getas (Odrysian king)  

Tribe: Edoni  

Date

513-460 BC

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Obverse
Design
Herdsman (Hermes?) standing right, wearing petasus, leading two oxen right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΓΕΤΑΣ ΗΔΟΝΕΟΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ
Design
Inscription surrounding a quadripartite linear square; all within incuse square.
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Persons

stated authority: Getas 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Tristater (Octadrachm) 🔍
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 33.3 mm / Min: 26.9 mm
Average Weight
28.02 g (1x)
Citation

Delev, A History of the Tribes of South-western Thrace in the First Millenium B.C., Sofia 2014 p. 300  ❐

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. 74, nr. C0040  ❐

editions

cn.edoni.1_ed.3  🔍

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cn type 4701, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/4701 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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