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Æ18
| Issuer | Kabyle |
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| Year | 275 BC - 250 BC |
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| Weight | 5.18 g |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Hermes facing left, depicted nude with a chlamys draped over one shoulder, holding a caduceus upright in the left hand and extending the right arm. To the right of the figure, the Greek ethnic legend ΓΑΒΥΛ is arranged vertically in two columns flanking the caduceus. A bunch of grapes appears in the lower right field, and additional symbols are visible to the lower left, consistent with Thracian civic coinage iconography. |
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| Mint | Kabyle Mint |
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Kabyle, a Thracian city in the Tundzha River valley, functioned as a major Odrysian royal center before Alexander's campaigns disrupted regional power structures across the Balkans. Civic bronze issues like this one emerged as the city reasserted local administrative authority in the mid-third century, filling a practical transactional gap left by the retreat of Macedonian monetary influence. The Odrysian kings had used Kabyle as a mint and stronghold; the city's independent coinage reflects the fragmented political reality that followed.