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cn type 5037

Coinage
 

Ruler: Kotys I. (Odrysian king)  

Tribe: Odrysae  

Mint
Kypsela 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 383-359 BC

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Obverse
Design
Diademed head of Kotys I, right.
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Reverse
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Persons

Authority: Kotys I. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
small denomination (bronze) 🔍
Material
Diameter
14 mm (4x)
Average Weight
1.96 g (4x)
Axes
6 (1x) 11 (1x) 12 (1x)
Citation

Peter, Die Münzen der thrakischen Dynasten (5. - 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr.): Hintergründe ihrer Prägung, Berlin 1997 p. 115 

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. 330, nr. 35 

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. 82, nr. 102 

Jurukova, Monetite na Trakijskite plemena i vladeteli, Sofia 1992 p. 238, nr. 57 

Literature

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. 59, nr. B0570

editions

cn.cotys_i_odrysian_thrace.1_ed.9  🔍

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cn type 5037, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5037 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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