Thrace

Regions

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 6984

Die Studies

• Byzantium, silver, sigloi (cow on dolphin/quadripartite incuse square) (340-320 BCE)
• Byzantium, silver, half sigloi (bull on dolphin/incuse square) (340-320 BCE)
• Byzantium, silver, quarter sigloi (bull on dolphin/quadripatite incuse square) (340-320 BCE)
• Byzantium, silver, eight sigloi (forepart of cow/quadripartite incuse square) (340-320 BCE)
• Byzantium, silver, drachms (bull on dolphin/dotted quadripartite incuse square) (387-340 BCE)
• Byzantium, silver, tetradrachms (bull on dolphin/dotted quadripartite incuse square) (387-340 BCE)
• Byzantium, silver, hemidrachms (forepart of bull/trident) (387-340 BCE)
• Byzantium, silver, tetradrachms (Demeter/seated Poseidon) (240-220 BCE)
• Byzantium, silver, 9 obols (Demeter/seated Poseidon) (240-220 BCE)
• Byzantium, bronze (6.2g) (Apollo/bull on dolphin) (350-300 BCE)
• Byzantium, bronze (3.8g) (bull/trident) (350-300 BCE)
• Byzantium, bronze (2.2g) (forepart of bull/three dolphins) (350-300 BCE)
• Byzantium (Mithridates Eupator), silver, tetradrachms (Alexander/seated Athena) (89-72 BCE)
• Byzantium, silver, tetradrachms (Alexander/seated Athena) (120-89 BCE)
• Byzantium, bronze (3g) (Athena/three dolphins) (350-300 BCE)
• Byzantium, gold, staters (Alexander/seated Athena) (120-72 BCE)
• Byzantium, bronze (8.3g) (Demeter/cornucopia) (300-200 BCE)
• Byzantium, bronze (7.5g) (Apollo/obelisk on omphalos) (300-200 BCE)
• Byzantium, bronze (8.1g) (Dionysus/standing Poseidon) (200-100 BCE)
• Byzantium, bronze (5.10g) (Poseidon/trident) (150-100 BCE)
• Byzantium, bronze (8g) (Poseidon/prow) (250-200 BCE)
• Byzantium, bronze (10.5g) (Apollo/tripod) (300-200 BCE)
• Calchedon and Byzantium, bronze (8.8g) (Demeter/Poseidon) (300-200 BCE)
• Calchedon and Byzantium, bronze (6g) (Apollo/tripod) (300-200 BCE)
• Chalcedon and Byzantium, bronze (10g) (Poseidon/standing Athena promachos) (200-100 BCE)
• Calchedon and Byzantium, bronze (5.8g) (Poseidon/prow) (200-100 BCE)
• H 87b - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III), bronze (Seuthes/spearhead) (309-295 BCE)
• Seuthopolis (Seuthes III), bronze (Seuthes/rider) (309/8-295 BCE)
• Seuthopolis (Seuthes III), bronze (Seuthes/rider) (295-275 BCE)
• Seuthopolis (Seuthes III), bronze (Seuthes/thunderbolt) (309-295 BCE)
• Seuthopolis (Seuthes III), bronze (star/thunderbolt) (320-309/8 BCE)
• Seuthopolis (Seuthes III), bronze (eagle/wreath) (320-309/8 BCE)
• Seuthopolis (Seuthes III), bronze (eagle/thunderbolt) (320-309/8 BCE)
• Phagres, bronze (Apollo/forepart of lion) (400-350 BCE)
• S 815 - Abdera, silver, didrachm?, 300-250 BC
• S 780 - Abdera, bronze, chalkous, 360-350 BC
• S 788 - Abdera, bronze, hemiobol, 250-150 BC
• S 785 - Abdera, bronze, triobol, 311-280 BC
• S 813 - Abdera, silver, tetrobol, 311-280 BC
• S 814 - Abdera, silver, triobol, 311-280 BC
• S 790 - Abdera, bronze, chalkous, 250-150 BC
• S 784 - Abdera, bronze, chalkous, 311-280 BC
• S 783 - Abdera, bronze, dichalkon, 311-280 BC
• S 781 - Abdera, bronze, dichalkon, 346-336 BC
• S 786 - Abdera, bronze, hemiobol, 300-250 BC
• S 809 - Abdera, silver, drachma, 336-311 BC
• S 799 - Abdera, bronze, Denomination A - half-unit, 69-79 BC
• S 789 - Abdera, bronze, dichalkon, 250-150 BC
• S 787 - Abdera, bronze, obol, 300-250 BC
• S 810 - Abdera, silver, tetradrachms (336-311 BCE)

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Overstriking coins

• 16852 - Byzantium - Chalcedon (AE Demeter/Poseidon) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 521, 3 Aug. 2022, 39)
• 3658 - Byzantium (Lysimachus) (Alexander/Athena) over Aesillas (Alexander/club) (Berlin, MK, 18267441)
• 1212 - Byzantium (Lysimachus) (Alexander/Athena) over Mithridates Eupator (Mithridates/stag) (CNG, 93, May 2013, 101)
• 3225 - Byzantium (Lysimachus) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, MBS 61, Sept. 2002, 544)
• 24148 - Byzantium - Chalcedon (AE Demeter/Poseidon) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 555, Feb. 2024, 54)
• 3353 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Zeus/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (Solidus, 6, July 2015, 27)
• 17030 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE eage/thunderbolt) over uncertain type (Naumann, 61, Jan. 2018, 72)
• 17025 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (eagle/thunderbolt) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (Künker, EA 77, March 2023, 2040)
• 17040 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, EA 267, Oct. 2019, 3099)
• 17042 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (Rauch, Sept. 2011, 114)
• 17032 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE eagle/thunderbolt) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 497, Aug. 2021, 91)
• 3001 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE egale/thunderbolt) over uncertain type (Helios, 3, Apr. 2009, 21)
• 3501 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/lion) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (Gorny & Mosch, 134, Oct. 2004, 1199)
• 3428 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/lion) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (MacDonald coll., 68)
• 3203 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (MacDonald coll., 69)
• 3757 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/Zeus) over uncertain type (Rauch, 75, May 2005, 118)
• 3671 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (CNG, EA 203, Jan. 2009, 43)
• 3659 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over uncertain type (Rauch, 9, Sept. 2005, 169)
• 3356 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (CNG, EA 307, July 2013, 11)
• 2962 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (Gorny & Mosch, 212, March 2013, 1295)
• 3149 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over uncertain type (Lanz, 10, May 2001, 135)
• 3461 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (Aeternitas Numismatics, Nov. 2018)
• 3477 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over uncertain type (Stancomb coll., 294)
• 2997 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (heracles/lion) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.36186)
• 2920 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over uncertain type (Rauch, 8, May 2009, 70)
• 3619 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (MacDonald coll., 67)
• 3407 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over uncertain type (Rauch, 82, Apr. 2008, 61)
• 3367 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (Rauch, Sept. 2010, 119)
• 3195 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (Waddell, LLD, 45542)
• 3675 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (Pecunem, 29, March 2015, 67)
• 3455 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 293, Dec. 2012, 37)
• 3053 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AESeuthes/rider) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Aegean Numismatics, Dec. 2016, 29)
• 30447 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/lion) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (Eid Mar Auctions, 10, March 2025, 12)
• 30456 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (Leu Numismatik, EA 33, March 2025, 823)
• 3475 - Abdera (bronze griffin/Apollo) over uncertain type (Naumann, 62, Feb. 2018, 33)
• 3389 - Abdera (tetradrachm griffin/incuse square) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (von Aulock, 2251)
• 28946 - Abdera (tetradrachm griffin/incuse square) over uncertain type (Stack's Bowers Galleries, Jan. 2025, 31082)
• 3541 - Tomis (Lysimachus) (AU Alexander/Athena) over Lysimachus (Goldberg, 45, May 2008, 1261)
• 3411 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Alexander the Great (Gorny & Mosch, 257, Oct. 2018, 315)
• 16558 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Lysimachus (Alexander/Athena) (Berlin, MK, 18249458)
• 3338 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Sofia, AM)
• 28561 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Lysimachus (Alexander the Great/seated Athena nicephorus) (Vilmar Numismatics, inv. 18132)
• 28565 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Lysimachus (Alexander the Great/seated Athena nicephorus) (Vilmar numismatics, inv. 19636)
• 3847 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Veliko Tirnovo, HM, 121)
• 3095 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung, 14, May-June 1978, 12)
• 3737 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 98)
• 3196 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Paris, BnF, R1825)
• 3472 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Athens (Athena/owl) (CNG, EA 332, Aug. 2014, 96)
• 3284 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (CNG, EA 421, May 2018)
• 3432 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 97)

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Overstruck coins

• 3261 - Thasos (tetradrachm Dionysus/Heracles) over Byzantium (Lysimachus) (Alexander/Athena) (Kress, 140, Aug. 1967, 27)
• 2398 - Teos (stater griffin/incuse square) over Abdera (Griffin/incuse square) (MacDonald coll., 124)
• 3327 - Thrace (uncertain mint) (Lysimachus) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, MBS 60, Sept. 2002, 473)
• 3234 - Thrace (uncertain mint) (Cavarus) (AE Apollo/Nike) over Mesembria (helmet/shield) (MacDonald coll., 70)
• 2033 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Thasos (Silenus and maenad/incuse square) (London, BM, 1946-1-1.315)
• 16503 - Alexandria Troas (tetradrachm Apollo/Apollo) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Berlin, MK, 18257316)
• 3676 - Odessus (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Brussels, KBR, 2000-2087)
• 16335 - Odessus (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Lanz, 164, May 2017, 22)
• 3502 - Odessus (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Brussels, KBR, II 82.531)
• 3002 - Odessus (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (CNG, EA 221, Oct. 2009, 393)
• 3220 - Odessus (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Paris, BnF, R 4114)
• 3126 - Odessus (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 100)
• 3792 - Odessus (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 130)
• 3338 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Sofia, AM)
• 3081 - Amphipolis (First meris) (tetradrachm Artemis/club) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Dorotheum, May 2018, 1173)
• 2083 - Tenedos (tetradrachm Janiform head/labrys) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Münzhandlung, 10, March 1938, 309)
• 2130 - Tenedos (tetradrachm Janiform head/labrys) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Berlin, MK, Prokesch-Osten 1875)
• 2070 - Tenedos (tetradrachm Janiform head/labrys) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Lisbon, Gulbenkian, 972)
• 1859 - Tenedos (tetradrachm Janiform head/labrys) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Berlin, MK, Imhoof-Blumer 1900)
• 1189 - Tralleis (cistophoric tetradrachm cista/bowcase) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Leu, WA 15, Febr. 2021, 500)
• 3453 - Thrace (uncertain mint) (Mostis) (tetradrachm Mostis/Athena) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (London, BM, Knight, 103.1)
• 2144 - Ephesus (cistophoric tetradrachm cista/bowcase) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 123)
• 1963 - Ephesus (cistophoric tetradrachm cista/bowcase) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (New York, ANS)
• 2578 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfredat/temple fire) over Thasos (Heracles) (Triskeles, 3June 2017, 375)
• 3847 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Veliko Tirnovo, HM, 121)
• 3095 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung, 14, May-June 1978, 12)
• 3737 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 98)
• 3196 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Paris, BnF, R1825)
• 3284 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (CNG, EA 421, May 2018)
• 3432 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 97)
• 3817 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (CNG Webshop, Apr. 2017, 727792)
• 3280 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Savoca, 23, June 2018, 76)
• 3130 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 99)
• 3306 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Severeanu 1924, 1)
• 28866 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Leu Numismatik, 19, Febr. 2022, 40)
• 3192 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Artemis) over Lysimachia (Heracles/Nike) (MacDonald coll., 89)
• 3342 - Lysimachia (AE Demeter/Nike) over Lysimachia (Demeter/legend) (M&M, 17, Oct. 2005, 452))
• 3673 - Lysimachia (AE Demeter/Nike) over Lysimachia (Demeter/legend) (Brussels, KBR, Marc Bar 395)
• 2897 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Artemis) over Lysimachia (Heracles/Nike) (CNG, EA 124, Oct. 2005, 122)
• 3802 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O49) over Alexander the Great (Odessus) (Gemini, 14, Apr. 2018, 117)
• 23039 - Apollonia Pontica (drachma anchor/Gorgon) over Apollonia Pontica (anchor/svastika) (Rauch, MBS 9, Sept. 2005 154)
• 30338 - Apollonia Pontica (drachma anchor/Gorgon) over Apollonia Pontica (anchor/svastika) (CNG, EA 590, July 2025, 40)
• 30341 - Apollonia Pontica (drachma anchor/Gorgon) over Apollonia Pontica (anchor/svastika) (Naumann, 20, Aug. 2014, 44)
• 3301 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O86) over Mostis (Mostis/Athena) (Lanz, 44, May 1988, 109)

Mints

Map

Table

Mint	RegionAncient region.	CountryModern country	CoordinatesGeographical coorindates
Byzantium	Thrace	Turkey	41.012240° N, 28.976018° E
Seuthopolis	Thrace	Bulgaria	42.618056° N, 25.305556° E
Phagres	Thrace	Greece	40.760666° N, 23.940471° E
Abdera	Thrace	Greece	40.950000° N, 24.983333° E
Cabyle	Thrace	Bulgaria	42.528151° N, 26.478937° E
Selymbria	Thrace	Turkey	41.078496° N, 28.247677° E
Tomis	Thrace	Romania	44.173224° N, 28.638299° E
Istrus	Thrace	Romania	44.547500° N, 28.774722° E
Mesembria	Thrace	Bulgaria	42.660417° N, 27.718100° E
Thasos	Thrace	Greece	40.777626° N, 24.703702° E
Samothrace	Thrace	Greece	40.502559° N, 25.526069° E
Perinthus	Thrace	Turkey	40.971013° N, 27.952973° E
Lysimachia	Thrace	Turkey	40.548232° N, 26.750810° E
Bisanthe	Thrace	Turkey	40.978415° N, 27.508023° E
Dionysopolis	Thrace	Bulgaria	43.425630° N, 28.162771° E
Callatis	Thrace	Romania	43.817152° N, 28.582750° E
Odessus	Thrace	Bulgaria	43.212074° N, 27.908595° E
Maroneia	Thrace	Greece	40.906369° N, 25.519130° E
Aenus	Thrace	Greece	40.725138° N, 26.084782° E
Apollonia Pontica	Thrace	Bulgaria	42.417162° N, 27.696460° E
Bizye	Thrace	Greece	41.572702° N, 27.765289° E
Thrace (uncertain mint)	Thrace	Bulgaria	42.000000° N, 26.000000° E
Sestos	Thrace	Turkey	40.228356° N, 26.417225° E
Cardia (uncertain mint)	Thrace	Turkey	40.548232° N, 26.750810° E
Dicaea	Thrace	Greece	40.992870° N, 25.165653° E
Chersonesus (Thrace)	Thrace	Turkey	40.333330° N, 26.500000° E

Literature

• Arslan 1998
• Arslan 1999
• MacDonald 1994b
• MacDonald 2003
• MacDonald 2012
• Callataÿ - Mattheeuws 1993
• Callataÿ 1991
• Mouchmov 1923-1924
• Callataÿ - Prokopov 1994
• Callataÿ - Prokopov 1995
• Callataÿ 1986
• Callataÿ 1991b
• Callataÿ 1993b
• Callataÿ 1994b
• Callataÿ 1995
• Callataÿ 1997a
• Callataÿ 1997c
• Callataÿ 1998
• Callataÿ 2012
• Callataÿ 2013
• Callataÿ 2017
• Callataÿ 2020b
• Callataÿ 2021a
• Stancomb 2007
• Schönert-Geiss 1987
• Schönert-Geiss 1984
• Lukanc 1996
• Prokopov 2006
• SNG Copenhagen Thrace 2
• Karayotov 1994
• Karayotov 2009
• Gerassimov 1957
• Draganov 1993
• Dimitrov 1984
• Bourrieau 2019
• HGC 3.2
• Van Alfen 2021
• Fischer-Bossert 2005
• Fischer-Bossert 2016b
• Paunov 2017
• Petac - Vîlcu 2017
• Tachev 2019
• Tzamalis 2012
• May 1966
• May 1950
• Schönert-Geiss 1970
• Dimitrov - Pentchev 1984
• Schönert-Geiss 1965
• Draganov 2015
• Psoma 2001

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Authors

• David MacDonald
• Nikola A. Mouchmov
• William M. Stancomb
• Edith Schönert-Geiss
• Ivo Lukanc
• Ilya Prokopov
• Ivan Karayotov
• Todor D. Gerassimov
• Dimitar Draganov
• Peter G. van Alfen
• Evgeni Paunov
• Emanuel Petac
• Aurel Vîlcu
• Yanislav Tachev
• Alexandros Reginald Tzamalis
• Kamen Dimitrov
• Vladimir Pentchev
• Margarita Tatscheva
• Katerina Chryssanthaki-Nagle
• Stavri Topalov
• Melih Arslan
• Georges Le Rider
• Constantin A. Marinescu
• François de Callataÿ
• Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert
• John M. F. May
• Selene Psoma
• George Severeanu
• Pierre Bourrieau
• Mihai Dima