Bergaios or Bergaeus (), 400 – 350 BC, was a
Thracian
The Thracians (; ; ) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied the area that today is shared between north-eastern Greece, ...
king in the
Pangaian region. He is known mainly from the several types of
coins
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that he struck, which resemble those of
Thasos
Thasos or Thassos (, ''Thásos'') is a Greek island in the North Aegean Sea. It is the northernmost major Greek island, and 12th largest by area.
The island has an area of 380 km2 and a population of about 13,000. It forms a separate regiona ...
. Bergaios could mean literally, 'a man from
Berge' but the legend on the coin is a personal, not a place name.
[The Odrysian kingdom of Thrace By Zofia Archibald Page 130 ]
Coins of Bergaios
Image:Bergaios thracian king.jpg, Coin of Bergaios, Silver drachma
Drachma may refer to:
* Ancient drachma, an ancient Greek currency
* Modern drachma
The drachma ( ) was the official currency of modern Greece from 1832 until the launch of the euro in 2001.
First modern drachma
The drachma was reintroduce ...
depicting satyr
In Greek mythology, a satyr (, ), also known as a silenus or ''silenos'' ( ), and sileni (plural), is a male List of nature deities, nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse, as well as a permanent, exaggerated erection. ...
carrying a nymph
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. Reverse: inscription ΒΕΡΓΑΙΟΥ round quadripartite square, 400 - 350 BC.
Image:Bergaios 05.jpg, Head of bearded Seilenos or satyr. Reverse: inscription ΒΕΡΓ beneath fish.
See also
*
Pistiros
*
Thracians
The Thracians (; ; ) were an Indo-European languages, Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied the area that today is shared betwee ...
*
Antiphanes of Berge
Notes
External links
Ancient Coinage of Thracian Kingdom
Kings of Thrace
Coins of ancient Greece
4th-century BC monarchs
Ancient Macedonia
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