Kings of Thracia, 320 BC., Seuthes III, Tetrachalkon, SNG Cop. 1073.
Thracia, Kingdom, Seuthes III (or IV ?) (ca. 330 - 295 BC.), Seuthopolis(?) mint in central Thrace, ca. 330 - 295 BC.,
Tetrachalkon / Æ18 (18-19 mm / 4,62 g), bronze, irregular alignment ↑-> (ca. 40°),
Obv.: laureate, bearded head of Zeus (or king Seuthes III, IV, Philip II ?) to right.
Rev.: ΣEΥΘOΥ , horseman on horse parading right, six-rayed star below.
Sear GC II 1725 ; SNG Cop. 1073 ; SNG Stancomb 294 ; SNG BM 317-319 var (rev. mark) ; Topalov 116 ; U. Peter, Dynasten p. 182 ; Youroukova, Ancient Thracians, 77, 75 .
Seuthes III is the most famous Thracian dynast of the early hellenistic period; it is assumed that he might be borrowed in the well known tomb of Kazanlak in Bulgaria.