180 BC - 100 BC

Aelis   Rex Scythicus Thraciae
Αίλις   Σκύθης Βασιλέας Θράκης


 AE 23
SHH 4121

4121 Aelis Rex Scythicus Thraciae AE

Parameter

Obverse
Reverse

Notes


Reference
5.94 g   22.8-23.8 mm   12:00 o'clock   F
t = 1.5-3.1 mm   ρ = 8.55 g/cm^3   σ(240 Hz) = 6.4-8.5 MS/m
Jugate heads of the Dioscouroi right, wearing laureate piloi.
Two horse foreparts jugate right; ΒΑ[ΣΙΛΕΩΣ] / ΑΙΛΙΟΣ upward either side;
monogramm [ΓΔΕ] (uncertain) below.

Obverse, two countermarks, head of Hermes wearing petasos right and
[male head with hat right]. probably the same as on SHH 3337.
Reverse, countermark, head of Herakles right-
BM Black Sea --- (3rd-2nd c. BC); Canarache 34; Draganov (2010) 42;
Head --- (2nd-1st Century BC); Lindgren ---; Minns ---; Stancomb 320 (180-150 BC)