cn type 4356

Ruler  ❐

Ruler: Mosses (Odrysian king) ❐
Tribe: Bisaltae ❐

Edition

An edition has been created for this type.🔍

Date

470-450 BC
Classical Period  🔍

Obverse

Design

Horseman (Hermes?) standing right with petasus and double spear pointing upward, leading horse right.
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Symbol

helmet (position: top left)

Reverse

Legend

ΜΟΣΣΕΩ

Design

Inscription surrounding a quadripartite linear square; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Authority

Mosses 🔍 ❐

Metrology

Denomination

half-stater (drachm) 🔍 ❐

Material

silver  🔍 ❐

Diameter

15 mm (1x)

Average Weight

3.18 g (2x)

Axes

6 (1x)

Public Commentary

In der Literatur manchmal den Bisalten zugeordnet.

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. 76-77, nr. C0100  ❐

Psoma, Did the So-called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?, 2015 p. 174-175  ❐

editions

cn.mosses_macedon.1_ed.3 🔍

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cn type 4356, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/4356 [Last downloaded: 2024/12/12]

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