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cn type 5202

Coinage
Ruler  

Ruler: Orsoaltios (Hellenistic king)  

Edition
cn.orsoaltius_tylis_thrace.1_ed.1
Date

299-201 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of (youthful) Heracles, right, wearing lion skin.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΟΡΣΟΑΛΤΙΟΥ
Design
Zeus (Aëtophoros) enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre.
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Persons

Authority: Orsoaltios 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 26.2 mm / Min: 24.9 mm
Average Weight
17.45 g (1x)
Citation

Peter, Die Münzen der thrakischen Dynasten (5. - 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr.): Hintergründe ihrer Prägung, Berlin 1997 p. 249  ❐

editions

cn.orsoaltius_tylis_thrace.1_ed.1  🔍

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cn type 5202, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/cn.orsoaltius_tylis_thrace.1_ed.1 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/15]

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