Mostis

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Mostis ( Greek  Μόστις ) was a Thracian king who lived in the last quarter of the 2nd century / beginning of the 1st century BC. Lived.

Mostis presumably ruled over the Kainoi tribe in southeastern Thrace. He is only known through tetradrachms , which testify to a 38-year reign, and bronze coins, as well as two inscriptions. He was perhaps an ally of King Mithradates VI. from Pontos.

Inscriptions

  • Supplementum epigraphicum graecum (SEG) 42, 662: ὑπὲρ βασιλέως Μόστιδος καὶ δήμου Ἡραειτῶν Ἡγέστρατος Ποτάμωνος ἀγορανομήσας Ἑρμῆν Ἀγοραῖον ἀνέθηκεν.
  • Zafer Taşliklioğlu: Trakya'da Epigrafya Araştırmaları. Volume 2, Istanbul 1971, 227, 2: ὑπὲρ βα̣σιλέως Μόστιδος Γλαυκίας Ζωτᾶ Βεισανθηνός, Ἀρτέμων Ἀρτέμωνος Ἀπαμεὺς Δι ὶ Σωτῆρι καὶ Ἀθηνᾶι̣ Νεικηφόρωι.

literature

  • François de Callataÿ : Le roi thrace Mostis et une surfrappe d'un Alexandre tardif de Mésembria. In: Revue belge de numismatique. Volume 137, 1991, pp. 37-45.
  • Mustafa Hamdi Sayar : The Thracian King Mostis . In: Tyche . Volume 7, 1992, pp. 187-195.
  • François de Callataÿ: L'histoire des guerres mithridatiqus vue par les monnaies . Louvain-la-Neuve 1997, pp. 258-259.
  • Ulrike Peter: Mostis. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 8, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01478-9 , column 420 ( full text ).

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personal data
SURNAME Mostis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Μόστις (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King in Thrace
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 1st century BC Chr.