Kings of Thrace, Kersebleptes; female head/cup
Description:
Kings of Thrace, Kersebleptes (ca. 359 - 340 BC). Diademed female head right / KEP; cup, barley-grain below.
Diameter:
AE13 mm
Weight:
2,46 g
Grade:
F/aVF
Attribution:
Youroukova 54-7; SNG Cop. 1070-1
Commentary:
rare; green-grey patina with break on obverse
History:
The Thracian Odrysian kingdom was a state of Thracian tribes which being themselves non-Greek had nevertheless some cultural interaction and connection with the Greeks who considered them the descendands of Thrax - the son of war god Ares.
Article Number:
060-07-01-44408