Æ - Mostis

Features

Issuer	Caeni (Thrace)
King	Mostis (130 BC - 90 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	130 BC - 100 BC
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	3.92 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 524483
References	CN type# 5208, 5209 Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) , Peykov 1# C4720, C4730 Alexander Peykov, Elian Petkov, Damian Bumbalov; 2011. Catalogue of The Coins from Thrace / Part I. Tribal and Rulers' Coinages of Thracians, Paeonians, Celts and Scythians: 5th Century BC - 1st Century AD. Centrex, Veliko Tŭrnovo, Bulgaria. , SNG BM Black Sea# 310 Martin Jessop Price; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 9.1. The British Museum. Part 1: The Black Sea. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Copenhagen# 1174 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , HGC 3.2# 1730 Oliver D. Hoover; 2017. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors / Volume 3, Part 2. Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Laureate head of Apollo, right.

Reverse

Horse standing left, raising right forehoof; above, sometimes, monogram.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
ΜΟΣΤΙΔΟΣ

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (130 BC - 100 BC)						$ 52	$ 81

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Leu Numismatik Web Auction 29 Lot 143	24 Feb 2024	VF	USD 50.24 (CHF 40.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 241 Lot 1294	10 Oct 2016	VF	USD 80.65 (EUR 70.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 28 Lot 765	9 Dec 2023	VF	USD 75.36 (CHF 60.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Savoca Numismatik 183rd Blue Auction Lot 97	18 Nov 2023	VF	USD 138.26 (EUR 120.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG
	Savoca Numismatik 176th Blue Auction Lot 46	23 Sep 2023	VF	USD 92.17 (EUR 80.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 127 Lot 133	2 Apr 2023	VF	USD 63.37 (EUR 55.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 97 Lot 239	26 May 2022	VF	USD 93.40 (GBP 70.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 19 Lot 230	26 Feb 2022	VF	USD 276.30 (CHF 220.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Künker eLive Auction 65 Lot 7017	23 Feb 2021	VF	USD 43.78 (EUR 38.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 68 Lot 31	27 Feb 2020	VF	USD 146.77 (GBP 110.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the William Stancomb Collection; ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 35, 20 September 1995, lot 305
© Roma Numismatics Limited