Coson   Rex Scythicus Thraciae (Geto-Dacian Dynast)
Κόσων   Σκύθης Βασιλέας Θράκης

AE 18

SHH 2590

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference Provenance

3.30 g   18.1-18.8 mm   9:00 o'clock   VF Macedonian shield decorated with seven semi-circles; in the center, medaillon with diademed bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder. ΚΟΣΩΝ // ΔΡΟΥΕΙΣ above and below club right; all within wreath. Because of the obverse similarity to macedonian tetradrachms struck after 166 BC, the coin is dated in the 2nd half of the 2nd c. BC and attributed to a Thraco-Scythian dynast (Baldwin / Markov / M&M Basel, New York Sale IX/66, 13.1.2005). Unpublished as of 7.6.2007 Ex Hubert Lanz 135/146, 21.5.2007 Donated to the Museum of the National Bank of Romania 2.12.2009.