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Tetradrachm - Mostis
| Issuer | Caeni (Thrace) |
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| Year | 113 BC - 87 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of King Mostis facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic portrait tradition with finely detailed curling hair bound by a taenia. The effigy displays youthful idealized features with a strong profile, the drapery of a chiton or chlamys visible at the truncation. The portrait is modeled in high relief, occupying the full breadth of the flan, with no legend on this side. The artistic style reflects the influence of late Hellenistic royal portraiture current in the eastern Mediterranean during the late second century BC. |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros seated on a throne to the left, depicted in full divine regalia: she holds a small Nike (Victory) figure in her extended right hand and a long spear in her left, with a large round shield resting at her feet. The field to the inner left occasionally bears a control monogram, varying by issue. The exergue carries a Greek regnal year date (e.g. ΕΤΟΥΣ ΙΓ for year 13) and, on certain dies, the name of a magistrate. The encircling legend in Greek reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΟΣΤΙΔΟΣ, with the magistrate's name and dating formula completing the inscription. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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