Athyras, bronze coin — Cotyle (CN type 24551)

Coin in bronze struck at Athyras, dated c. 400–350 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 24551 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Female head, left. Reverse: Cotyle; below, barley grain. Legend: ΑΔ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 0.93 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 11 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Arslan et al., Antike Münzen von Thrakien und Moesien aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Türkei, Berlin-Boston 2021, nr. 582 var.; Topalov, Urban bronze coins of small denomination from the Propontis area with images of a conical vessel with two handles, dynastic symbol of the coinage of the early Odrysian kings of the 5th-4th centuries B.C.; Genealogy of the Odrysian Dynasty from the end of the 6th to the 3rd quarter of 4th century B.C.; Catalogue of early Thracian tribal coins of 6th-5th century B.C., anepigraphic types of coins minted on the territory of the early Odrysian Kingdom and early Odrysian regal coins of 5th-4th century B.C., Sofia 2005.