Krestones, Thraco-Macedonian Tribes Extremely Rare AR Tetrobol 485-470 BC Ancient Greek Silver Coin Museum Reproduction CSGO0005

Silver Greek Tetrobol Thraco-Macedonian tribe Krestones, struck 485-470 B.C. Extremely Rare. References: Lorber, Goats, Issue 15. SNG ANS 59–64 (‘Aigai’). Tsintsifos, Perix Pangaion Epeiros, p. 171, 41ff (‘Pieres’). Previously attributed to Aigai, Macedonia, Cathy Lorber has reattributed these coins as tribal issues from an area west or southwest of Bisaltia, probably inhabited by the Mygdones or Krestones. Crestonia (or Crestonice) (Greek: Κρηστωνία) was an ancient region immediately north of Mygdonia. The Echeidorus river, which flowed through Mygdonia into the Thermaic Gulf, had its source in Crestonia. It was partly occupied by a remnant of the Pelasgi, who spoke a different language from their neighbors (Thracians and Paeonians); later the Greeks. The main towns of Crestonia were Creston (Crestone) and Gallicum (Romanized name). The region, along with Mygdonia, was held by Paeonians for a time, later by Thracians. At the time of the invasion of Xerxes I of Persia, Crestonia was ruled by an independent Thracian prince (Herodotus, 8. 116). By the time of the commencement of the Peloponnesian war, Crestonia had been annexed to the kingdom of Macedonia. Today, ancient Crestonia is comprehended within the regional units of Kilkis and Thessaloniki (northern part) in Greece.