cn type 5144

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 walking right, raising right arm.
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Persons

Authority: Seuthes III. 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

large denomination (bronze) 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Average Weight

4.32 g (4x)

Axes

10 (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. 66, nr. B0750 ❐

editions

cn.seuthes_iii_odrysian_thrace.1_ed.4 🔍

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cn type 5144, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5144 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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