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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Kingdoms of Thrace| > GB90512
Thracians, Odrysian Kingdom, Seuthes III, c. 330 - 295 B.C.
|Kingdoms| |of| |Thrace|, |Thracians,| |Odrysian| |Kingdom,| |Seuthes| |III,| |c.| |330| |-| |295| |B.C.|,
Youroukova notes, "In front of the horse traces of restriking - wreath." Our coin is from different dies, also overstruck, and also has the wreath. The wreath detail is sharp and it is double struck matching the rest of the reverse. Topalov does not mention the wreath but it is present on his plate image. A few examples online also have the wreath. The wreath is clearly from the Seuthes die.

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.		Seuthes III
GB90512. Bronze AE 24, Youroukova p. 79 & pl. XI, 87; Topalov 116 corr. (wreath); cf. Peter p. 182, 4 (no wreath); SNG Stancomb 294 (same); SNG Cop 1073 (same); SNG BM -, EF, overstruck on a Philip II of Macedonia bronze, double struck, nice green patina, Seuthopolis (near Kazanlak, Bulgaria) mint, weight 2.662g, maximum diameter 23.6mm, die axis 45o, c. 323 - 316 B.C.; obverse laureate, bearded head of Seuthus III right; undertype: head of Apollo right (eye and nose on Seuthus' forehead); reverse ΣEYΘOY, horseman cantering right, left foreleg raised, eight pointed star (control) below horse's belly, wreath (control) on right before horse; undertype: a horseman right (similar to overtype!); scarce; SOLD










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