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Stater
| Issuer | Uncertain Thraco-macedonian city |
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| Year | 500 BC - 460 BC |
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| Value | Silver Stater (3) |
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| Reverse description | A symmetrical stellate or floral pattern rendered in incuse, featuring four curved petal-like elements radiating from a central raised pellet and divided by linear rays, all contained within a recessed square. The design closely mirrors the obverse motif, suggesting a double-sided incuse technique typical of early Thraco-Macedonian coinage. The geometric floral arrangement is executed with precision, reflecting the sophisticated die-cutting tradition of the region during the early fifth century BC. No legend or inscription is present in the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (500 BC - 460 BC) |
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The Thraco-Macedonian region produced a dense cluster of autonomous silver coinages in the early fifth century, many of which remain unattributed after two centuries of scholarship. Tribal centers, mining towns, and transient Greek settlements along the Strymon corridor all struck silver on the Thraco-Macedonian standard, drawing on the exceptional ore deposits of Mount Pangaion and the Kavala hinterland. Attribution disputes among specialists are ongoing, and what one catalogue assigns to Berge, another assigns to Lete or leaves open entirely.
The Persians disrupted several of these mints during and after the campaigns of 480 BC, which partly explains the compressed and sometimes interrupted die sequences seen across the group.