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Long Beach Signature Sale 3049 8-9 Sep 2016
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THRACIAN KINGDOM. Cavarus. Ca. 225-215 BC. AR tetradrachm (28mm, 16.25 gm, 12h). Cabyle, in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΒAΣIΛEΩΣ ΑΛΕΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left; in left field, Artemis Phosphoros standing facing. Price 882. Peykov F2010. Very rare! Obverse struck from worn die. NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5. In 279 BC, the Celtic Gauls swept down into Thrace and Asia Minor, defeating most the Greek armies sent to stop them with ease. They occupied Thrace for the next five decades, replacing the Odrysian rulers with their own succession of kings. The only one of these to strike coinage in his own name was Cavarus (Kavaros), who used Cabyle as his capitol and mint city. The types are those of Alexander the Great, and most of the coins struck under Cavarus have Alexander's name as well; but a few were struck with the name of Cavarus himself. The Gauls of Thrace later mass-migrated into Asia Minor and founded the Galatian Kingdom.
Estimate: 600-800 USD
THRACIAN KINGDOM. Cavarus. Ca. 225-215 BC. AR tetradrachm (28mm, 16.25 gm, 12h). Cabyle, in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΒAΣIΛEΩΣ ΑΛΕΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left; in left field, Artemis Phosphoros standing facing. Price 882. Peykov F2010. Very rare! Obverse struck from worn die. NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5. In 279 BC, the Celtic Gauls swept down into Thrace and Asia Minor, defeating most the Greek armies sent to stop them with ease. They occupied Thrace for the next five decades, replacing the Odrysian rulers with their own succession of kings. The only one of these to strike coinage in his own name was Cavarus (Kavaros), who used Cabyle as his capitol and mint city. The types are those of Alexander the Great, and most of the coins struck under Cavarus have Alexander's name as well; but a few were struck with the name of Cavarus himself. The Gauls of Thrace later mass-migrated into Asia Minor and founded the Galatian Kingdom.
Estimate: 600-800 USD