The Hellenistic Odessos Coins from the Collection of Archaeological Museum „Veliki Preslav” Cover Image

Елинистическите монети на Одесос във фонда на Археологическия музей „Велики Преслав“
The Hellenistic Odessos Coins from the Collection of Archaeological Museum „Veliki Preslav”

Author(s): Vladimir Bekov, Dimitar Dimitrov
Subject(s): History, Economic history
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: Hellenistic; coins; Odessos; Veliki Preslav; numismatics; monograms

Summary/Abstract: This article presents 15 coins, which are three types of autonomous Odessos coins from the collection of Archaeological Museum (AM) „Veliki Preslav”. Type 1 in the collection (AMNG I/II 2177–2188; Сat. № 1; 300–250 BC) has as Obverse: Persephone head right with taenia, earrings and necklace and for Reverse: The Great God Pluto holding rhyton in his left arm, reclining right on base inscribed OΔHΣITΩN. Type 2 (AMNG I/II 2191-2198; Cat. №№ 2–5; 200–75 BC) has for Obverse: laureate head of Apollo with long hair, right. Reverse: ΟΔΗΣΙ, ΟΔΗΣΙΤ or ΟΔΗΣΙΤΩΝ under the Great God Pluto, holding patera and Cornucopiae to left (Magistrate names Tab. 1). Type 3 (AMNG 2200–2208 I/II; Cat. №№ 6–15; 200–75 BC) has Obverse: laureate head of Great God Pluto, right. Reverse: OΔHΣITΩN under rider (Great God Pluto) with rhyton or Cornucopiae, right (Magistrate names Tab. 1). For this work we made the most complete table (Таблица 1) with the monograms placed on of Odessos bronze coins from 3rd–1st c. BC.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 63-74
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bulgarian
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