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| | Athena Review 1,4: Thracian Treasures |
 | | Most Thracian gold and silver items in the exhibit were manufactured between the 5th and 3rd century BC, the period of greatest economic, political and cultural expansion of Thrace under the Odrysian kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, with Kotys I (386-359 BC), rivalling king Philip II of Macedon in the first years of his reign. |
 | | Some of the richest burials, which date from 6th-3rd centuries BC (including Varbitsa, Rahmanli, Brezovo, Dalboki, Ezerovo, Duvanlij, Mezek, Mogilanska mogila in Vratsa, Sveshtari, Kazanluk, and Shipka) show convincingly that several centers of political activity existed in Thracian lands during that time. |
 | | The Borovo Treasure, found in 1974, consists of a set of five silver-gilt wine vessels dating from ca.375-350 BC Included are three rhyta or drinking vessels with their lower ends (protomes) shaped as a horse, a bull, and a sphinx. |
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