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Æ13 - Seuthes
| Issuer | Kingdom of Odryssia |
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| Year | 424 BC - 407 BC |
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| Diameter | 13 mm |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a horse prancing to the right, rendered in a bold, archaic style characteristic of Thracian bronze coinage. The horse is depicted in high relief with muscular detailing visible on the neck and haunches. The flan is irregular and somewhat ragged at the edges, consistent with hand-struck Thracian issues of the late fifth century BC. The field is plain and unadorned, with no legend or border present. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΣΕΥ |
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Seuthes I ruled the Odrysian kingdom during a period of maximum territorial expansion, when Thracian dynasts were extracting tribute from Greek coastal cities and fielding armies large enough to unsettle Athenian strategic calculations in the north Aegean. His relationship with Athenian generals — including Alcibiades — was transactional and frequently strained. Bronze coinage from this reign is poorly documented; the string of unlisted references here is not unusual for Odrysian bronzes, where die studies remain incomplete and new specimens regularly fall outside existing typologies.