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Obol - Kotys I Type II, KO❦
| Issuer | Odrysian Kingdom |
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| Year | 383 BC - 359 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Peykov 1#B0510, HGC 3.2#1696 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (383 BC - 359 BC) |
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Kotys I ruled the Odrysian Kingdom at its territorial peak, extending Thracian influence deep into the Chersonese and maintaining enough leverage over Athens to extract grain-route concessions that Athenian generals could not refuse. He was murdered in 360 or 359 BC by the comic playwright Python of Ainos and his brother — an assassination so unusual that Demosthenes later cited the killers as benefactors of Greece. The Type II obol, distinguished from the earlier issue by the floral die punch rendering the KO❦ control mark, belongs to the final productive phase of his mint.