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| 表面の説明 | Bare head of the Odrysian king Metokos facing left, rendered in archaic Greek style with fine hair detail and strong facial features. The portrait displays characteristic late Classical Thracian coin engraving, with the head centrally placed within the field. The entire design is bordered by a tightly spaced ring of beads (dotted border) encircling the full circumference of the flan. |
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| 裏面の説明 | A bipennis (double-headed axe) displayed centrally, with the Greek letter Tau (T) incorporated into the handle as an integral design element. The royal dynastic inscription ΜΗΤΟΚΟ is arranged around the central device. An additional symbol appears in the left field. The design is characteristic of Odrysian royal coinage of the late fifth to early fourth century BC. |
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The Odrysian kingdom under Seuthes I and his successors controlled the most powerful Thracian polity of the late fifth century, extracting tribute from Greek coastal cities and fielding armies large enough to unsettle Macedon. Coinage from this period is exceptionally scarce — the Odrysians relied heavily on gift exchange and bullion redistribution rather than market coinage, meaning mint output was irregular and politically motivated rather than commercially driven. The Metokos attribution places this issue in a narrow dynastic window following the kingdom's fragmentation after Seuthes I's death.