Æ21

Features

Issuer Odessos (Thrace)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 225 BC - 150 BC
Currency Drachm
Composition Bronze
Weight 8.64 g
Diameter 21.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
146831
References AMNG II# 547, 2200,
Friedrich Münzer, M.L. Strack, Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer (editor); 1912. Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands / Band 2.1. Die antiken Münzen Thrakien : Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos. Georg Reimer, Berlin, Germany.
SNG Budapest 3# 290
István Vida; 2000. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Hungary, Budapest / Part 3. Moesia Inferior: Callatis, Dionysopolis, Istrus, Marcianopolis, Nicopolis ad Istrum, Odessus, Tomis : Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum. Edizioni Ennerre, Milan, Italy.

Obverse

Laureate head of Zeus facing right

Reverse

Horseman facing right wearing a kausia, AL monogram below and the name of the city below

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΟΔΗΣΙΤΩΝ

Translation: Odessos

Mint

Odessus, Thrace, modern-day Varna, Bulgaria

Comments

Some list this under Moesia (inferior), Odessos
Others under Cimmerian Bosphorus.
It may have been part of Kingdom of Madedonia, but that fell in 146bc

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (225 BC - 150 BC) 

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