Edones tristater obverse
Thraco-Macedonian Tribes - Edones
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AR tristater 28.3223 g, 31.6 mm
513-480 BC
1. Tatscheva, Margarita. 1998. "ΓΕΤΑΣ ΗΔΟΝΕΟΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ" in stephanos nomatikos. Edith Schünert-Geiss zum 65. Geburtstag. edited by Ulrike Peter. Page 616 #5 and plate on page 626 #5. Berlin: Akademie Verlag.
2. Babelon, Ernest. 1907. Traité Des Monnaies Greques Et Romaines. Deuxième Partie. Tome Premier. Page 1053 #1458 and Plate XLV #7. Paris: Ernest Leroux.
3. Svoronos, J. N. 1919. L'Hellénisme primitif de la Macédoine. Page 51 #1 and Plate IV #1. Paris: Éditions Ernest Leroux.
Obverse
Hermes wearing a petasos, carrying two spears, and leading two cows. Within the dotted border, ΓΕΤΑ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥ ΗΔΩΝΕΩΝ, the last three letters are retrograde.
Reverse
Window patterned incuse