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Coinage
 

Ruler: Mostis (Hellenistic king)  

Date

130-100 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Draped bust of Mostis, right, wearing taenia.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΟΣΤΙΔΟΣ ΕΠΙ ΣΑΔΑΛΟΥ ΕΤΟVΣ ΙΓ
Design
Athena (Nikephoros) enthroned left, holding Nike and spear; at her feet, shield.
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Persons

Authority: Mostis 🔍  

Magistrate: Sadalos (Mostis) 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
32 mm (1x)
Average Weight
16.42 g (5x)
Axes
11 (1x)
Citation

Jurukova, Coins of the ancient Thracians [engl.] Transl. from the Bulgarian Yordanka Youroukova, 1976 p. 86, nr. 131  ❐

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. 98-99, nr. C4500  ❐

editions

cn.mostis_caeni.1_ed.2  🔍

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cn type 5205, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5205 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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