only through numismatic evidence, was Queen Pythodoris I.

Rhoemetalces I ruled Thrace until his death in 12. Augustus then divided his realm into two separate kingdoms, one half for his son Cotys III to rule and the other half for Rhoemetalces's remaining brother Rhescuporis II. Tacitus states that Cotys III received the cultivated parts, most towns and most Greek cities of Thrace, while Rhescuporis II received the wild and savage portion