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cn type 4861

Coinage
 

Ruler: Metokos (Medokos) (Odrysian king)  

Tribe: Odrysae  

Date

405-390 BC

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Obverse
Design
Reverse
Legend
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Design
Double axe within incuse circle.
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Persons

Authority: Metokos (Medokos) 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
hemihekta (obol) 🔍  
Material
Diameter
Max: 8.2 mm / Min: 8.1 mm
Average Weight
0.35 g (3x)
Axes
4 (1x)
Citation

Topalov, Plemena i vladeteli ot zemite na Odriskoto carstvo i graničnite mu jugozapadni teritorii ot kraja na VI do sredata na IV v. pr.n.e : prinosi kăm proučvane monetosečeneto i istorijata na drevna Trakija, Sofia 1998 p. 326, nr. 21 

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. 48, nr. B0220 

Peter, Die Münzen der thrakischen Dynasten (5. - 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr.): Hintergründe ihrer Prägung, Berlin 1997 p. 92 

Topalov, Urban bronze coins of small denomination from the Propontis area with images of a conical vessel with two handles, dynastic symbol of the coinage of the early Odrysian kings of the 5th-4th centuries B.C.; Genealogy of the Odrysian Dynasty from the end of the 6th to the 3rd quarter of 4th century B.C.; Catalogue of early Thracian tribal coins of 6th-5th century B.C., anepigraphic types of coins minted on the territory of the early Odrysian Kingdom and early Odrysian regal coins of 5th-4th century B.C., Sofia 2005 p. 75, nr. 81 

editions

cn.amadocus_i_odrysian_thrace.1_ed.5  🔍

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cn type 4861, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/4861 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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