- ID: 289

Submitter: Jean-Luc

Added: 1998-02-25

THRACE. Kings of Thrace.
Cavarus, c. 225-218 B.C.

AR-Drachm.
Av.: Head of Herakles to r., wearing lion-skin headdress.
Rv.: Wheat ear, club and bow in bow-case arranged horizontally.
3,80 g. c. 18 mm.

Ref.: cf. SNG BMC I, 201-202.

BoC: 20/1, 1995, p. 25.

FAKE – No drachms of this Thracian king are known.
These is a product of the Bulgarian jewelry and tourist rade, and are originally not ntended to fool dealers/collectors.