bgr_820073 - THRACIA - ADAIOS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 255-245 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kypsela, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 4,94 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à droite coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Massue.
Reverse legend : ADOIOU/ (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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