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Æ - Mostis
| Issuer | Caeni (Thrace) |
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| Year | 125 BC - 86 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Ares facing right, wearing a crested Corinthian-style helmet pushed back on the head, the visor raised to reveal the facial features. The neck and jaw are rendered with plasticity characteristic of late Hellenistic die engraving. The field is plain, with no legend present on the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Caeni were a minor Thracian tribe whose autonomous bronze coinage is poorly documented even by the standards of regional Thracian issues. Mostis is attested as a dynast ruling in the late Hellenistic period, his name appearing on a small cluster of bronze types that represent the tribe's only known numismatic output. The chronological range assigned to this issue — spanning nearly four decades — reflects scholarly uncertainty rather than confirmed production continuity.