Mostis (king of the Caeni, 130-90 BC)

Mints

Mostis (Ancient Greek: Μόστις, reigned ~ 130 BC - ~ 90 BC). King of the Caeni ruled over territories in South East Thrace - Strandzha mountain in today Bulgaria and Turkey.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Thrace (uncertain mint) (Mostis), silver, tetradrachms (Mostis/Athena) (110-85 BCE)		Silver	2,343 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
16955 - Thrace (uncertain mint) (Mostis) (tetradrachm Mostis/Athena) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 25, March 2023, 288)		Silver	139 BC JL
16958 - Thrace (uncertain mint) (Mostis) (tetradrachm Mostis/Athena) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 25, March 2023, 289)		Silver	139 BC JL
3453 - Thrace (uncertain mint) (Mostis) (tetradrachm Mostis/Athena) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (London, BM, Knight, 103.1)		Silver	130 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
3301 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O86) over Mostis (Mostis/Athena) (Lanz, 44, May 1988, 109)		Silver	85 BC JL

Mostis

TypeType of authority. ᵖ	Person
Nomisma IDNomisma ID	mostis_caeni
Links	http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12881404 https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/person/1208

Literature

• HGC 3.2 (3 mentions)
• Callataÿ 1991b (2 mentions)
• SNG BM Black Sea (2 mentions)
• Peykov 2011 (2 mentions)
• Callataÿ 1997a (1 mentions)
• Paunov 2014 (1 mentions)
• Paunov 2022 (1 mentions)
• RQEMH (1 mentions)