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Kabyle, Skostokos, bronze coin — Horseman galopping right (CN type 21697)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

260–245 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin in bronze struck at Kabyle in Thrace under Skostokos, dated 260–245 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 21697 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: ruler).

Obverse: Bare head of Skostokos, right, wearing necklace. Reverse: Horseman galopping right, wearing fluttering cloak and raising right arm. Legend: ΣΚΟΣΤΟΚΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 4.82 g (mean of 9 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 16–20 mm (from 7 recorded specimens). Recorded findspots: Jambol Region. Published references cited by the corpus: Peter, Die Münzen der thrakischen Dynasten (5. - 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr.): Hintergründe ihrer Prägung, Berlin 1997, p. 219; Draganov, Monetosečeneto na Kabile, Sofija 1993, p. 116-118, nr. 27-75, pl. 3-6.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
16–20 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
4.82 g (mean of 9 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Kabyle
Region
Thrace
Authority type
Ruler
Issuing authority
Skostokos

Design

Obverse type
Bare head of Skostokos, right, wearing necklace.
Reverse type
Horseman galopping right, wearing fluttering cloak and raising right arm.
Reverse legend
ΣΚΟΣΤΟΚΟΥ

Identification

Period
Hellenistic Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Recorded findspots
Jambol Region
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21697
Type corpus identifier
CN type 21697

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