bgr_985601 - THRACIA - ADAIOS Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 255-245 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kypsela, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,56 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de sanglier à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Fer de lance à droite.
Reverse legend : ADA/ (HR) S
Reverse translation : (Adaios).
Historical background
THRACIA - ADAIOS
(255-245 BC)
Strategist
Adaios seems to have been the military governor (strategos) of the Thracian territories conquered by Antiochus II around 255 BC during the second Syrian war (260-253 BC) which opposed him to Ptolemy II. Adaios seems to have behaved like a local potentate and established an independent territory. He was eliminated by Ptolemy II at the start of the Third Syrian War.
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