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cn type 5139

Coinage
 

Ruler: Seuthes III. (Hellenistic king)  

Tribe: Odrysae  

Date

c. 330-295 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Laureate head of bearded Seuthes III (or Zeus), right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΣΕΥΘΟΥ
Design
Horseman on horse galopping right.
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Symbol
star (position: below) wreath (position: on the right)
Persons

Authority: Seuthes III. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
large denomination (bronze) 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
18 mm (3x)
Average Weight
5.10 g (3x)
Axes
6 (1x)
Public Commentary

Avers-Ikonographie in der Literatur teilweise auch als Kopf des Zeus interpretiert.

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. 67, nr. B0780  ❐

editions

cn.seuthes_iii_odrysian_thrace.1_ed.2  🔍

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cn type 5139, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5139 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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