Lot 419
THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, Moriaseis. 2nd century BC. AE (Bronze, 16 mm, 4.05 g). Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. MOPIAΣEΩN Star of six rays. P.R. Franke: MOPIAΣEΩN - Die erste Münze eines bislang unbekannten thrakisch-makedonischen Stammes, in: V. Spinoi & L. Munteanu: Miscellanea numismatica antiquitatis in honorem septagenarii magistri Virgilii Mihailescu. Bucarest 2008, pp. 67-8. Extremely rare. Attractive earthen over dark green patina. Light cleaning scratches, otherwise, very fine.

From the Skillman Collection, acquired prior to 2021.


Franke located the Moriaseis in Macedon, however, if they are identical to the 'Moriseni' mentioned by Pliny (Nat. 4.18), they lived on the Thracian coast of the Pontox Euxinos, i.e. the Black Sea.
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