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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Kingdoms of Thrace| > GB91979
Thracians, Odrysian Kingdom, Seuthes III, c. 330 - 295 B.C.
|Kingdoms| |of| |Thrace|, |Thracians,| |Odrysian| |Kingdom,| |Seuthes| |III,| |c.| |330| |-| |295| |B.C.|,
Seuthes was the high priest of the Cabeiri, and the king of the Odrysian Thracians. He revolted against Macedonia about 325 B.C., after Alexander's governor Zopyrion was killed in battle against the Getae. Seuthes was apparently subdued by Antipater, but after Alexander died in 323 B.C. he again took up arms in opposition to the new governor Lysimachus. They fought to a draw and both withdrew, but ultimately Seuthes acknowledged Lysimachus' authority. In 320 B.C., Seuthes III moved the Odrysian kingdom to central Thrace and built his capital city at Seuthopolis. In 313 B.C. he supported Antigonus I against Lysimachus, occupying the passes of Mount Haemus, but was again defeated and forced to submit to Lysimachus. After Lysimachus died in 281 B.C., Thrace came under the suzerainty of Ptolemy Keraunos.|Head| of |Seuthes| |III|
GB91979. Bronze AE 17, Youroukova 77; SNG BM Black Sea 319 var. (altar below belly); SNG Stancomb 294 var. (star below belly); SNG Cop 1073 var. (same), VF, interesting style, bumps, scratches, tight flan, some corrosion, Seuthopolis (near Kazanlak, Bulgaria) mint, weight 4.167g, maximum diameter 16.8mm, die axis 270o, c. 323 - 316 B.C.; obverse laureate, bearded head of Seuthus III right; reverse horseman cantering right, left foreleg raised, ΣEYΘOY above, five-pointed star (control) below raised foreleg; SOLD











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