Tetradrachm

The Thraco-Macedonian region in the late archaic period was not a unified political entity but a patchwork of tribal minting authorities, Greek colonial settlements, and local dynasts who gained access to silver almost exclusively through the rich ore deposits of Mount Pangaion and the Strymon valley. Several issues from this zone remain unattributed after more than a century of scholarship — the BostonMFA#70 piece among them. Attribution attempts have cycled through Lete, Ichnai, and Tragilos without consensus.