cn type 5215
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cn type 5215

Coinage
 

Ruler: Rhaiskouporis I. (Hellenistic king)  

Date

c. 48-42 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Legend obverse ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΚΟΤΥΣ
Design
Diademed male head (Kotys), right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΑΙΣΚΟΥΠΟΡΕΩΣ
Design
Nike standing left, holding laurel wreath and palm branch.
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Persons

Authority: Rhaiskouporis I. 🔍  

Sitter: Kotys IV. 🔍  

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 21 mm / Min: 18 mm
Average Weight
7.14 g (12x)
Axes
1 (1x) 12 (6x)
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. 104-105, nr. C7000  ❐

Jurukova, Coins of the ancient Thracians [engl.] Transl. from the Bulgarian Yordanka Youroukova, 1976 nr. 153, 156  ❐

editions

cn.rhaescuporis_i_sapaean_thrace.1_ed.2  🔍

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cn type 5215, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5215 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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