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Cotys II (Odrysian)

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by a marriage earlier than that to Berenike (since their four sons did not include a Cotys or a Reboulas). Building on this interpretation of the evidence, a certain Gonimase (Gonimasē), wife of a Seuthes, buried in a tomb near Smjadovo, has been proposed as Seuthes III's earlier wife and mother of
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dated to 330 BC; the inscription honored Reboulas, brother of Cotys and son of Seuthes. This is generally interpreted to mean that Cotys, not yet king, was the son of
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Cotys and Reboulas. However, the Athenian inscription precedes the first clear attestation of Seuthes III by about seven years, and various scholars have proposed
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P. Delev, Thrace from the Assassination of Kotys I to Koroupedion (360-281 BC), in: J. Valeva et al. (eds.),
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M. Manov, "The Hellenistic Tomb with Greek Inscription from Smyadovo, Bulgaria - Reconsidered,"
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in the late 4th or early 3rd century BC. His one secure attestation is in an inscription from
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P. Delev, “Filip II i zalezăt na Goljamoto Odrisko carstvo v Trakija,”
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D. Dana, Inscriptions, in: J. Valeva et al. (eds.),
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For example, Tačeva 2006: 186-193; Manov 2019: 105.
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