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The Ancient Coins of Thrace

Thrace, the land of Orpheus and Euridice, is a historical landscape bounded by the river Strymon to the west, by the Euxine to the east, by the Hellespont to the south and by the Haimos to the north. This melting pot of cultures shows not only famous funeral mounds of Thracian kings, but also an extremely rich, multi-variant and continual Greek coinage.

Coin of the Month

Pontos Euxeinos on coins

We are still enjoying sunny weather with high temperatures; accordingly, many people spend their summer by the sea. Was the sea also deified in ancient times? How did a polis demonstrate its location by the sea or its particularly close connection to the sea? In provincial coinage coin images were very popular that not only depicted the river gods themselves, but also showed them at the feet of the respective city goddess. But what can be seen on the coins of Tomis?

The Coin of this Month is presented by Ulrike Peter