230 BC - 213 BC

 Cavarus   Rex Gallicus Thraciae
Καύαρος   Γαλάτις Βασιλέας Θράκης


 Tetradrachm / Τετράδραχμον AR 28
SHH 5162


5162 Cavarus Rex Gallicus Thraciae Tetradrachm AR

Parameter
Obverse
Reverse

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Reference
16.92 g   27.7-28.7 mm   12:00 o'clock   VF
Head of beardless Herakles right,  wearing lion's skin.
Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Artemis Phosphoros standing facing;
downward, to right ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; to left [Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ[Υ].
Ex CNG 93/128, 22.5.2013
According to Draganov’s die study, this issue in the name of Alexander was struck
after the Alexander type coins in the name of Kavaros. The obverse die used on this coin was used for both tetradrachm issues, in Alexander’s name and in Kavaros’s.

Draganov (1993 Cabyle) 874-883; Price 882