THRACE. Cabyle. Ca. 225-215 BC. AR tetradrachm (32mm, 11h). NGC Choice VF. Late posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III the Great of Macedon. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / ΒAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΑΛΕΞANΔΡOY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left; Artemis Phosphoros standing facing with long lit torch in each hand in inner left field. Price 882. 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. HID09801242017 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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