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Æ - Amatokos Type II, Retrograde legend
| Issuer | Odryssa, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 387 BC - 370 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Horse prancing to the right in high relief, depicted in a dynamic rearing posture with forelegs raised. The animal is rendered in the archaic Thracian style characteristic of Odrysian coinage, with a mane suggested by incised lines along the neck. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, with no inscription on this side. The field around the horse is plain and unadorned. |
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| Reverse description | A bull or forepart of a bovine animal advancing to the right, depicted within a shallow incuse square border. The legend ΑΜΑΤΟΚΟ appears in retrograde Greek characters distributed around the design within the incuse field, reading in reverse order as is characteristic of Type II issues of Amatokos. The style is bold and schematic, consistent with provincial Thracian die-cutting of the late 5th to early 4th century BC. |
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Amatokos I ruled a fragmented Odrysian kingdom after the dissolution of the unified state that Seuthes I had built — the dynasty was by this period split between competing branches, with Amatokos controlling the central territories while rival kings operated simultaneously in the east and west. The retrograde legend on this type is not an error but a deliberate regional convention, consistent across the issue and likely reflecting a local engraver tradition working outside the mainstream Greek epigraphic practice.