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1/2 Stater - Lysimachos Kolchis imitation

Issuer Bastarnae Celto-Scythians
Year 100 BC - 100 AD
Type Standard circulation coin
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Reverse description Stylized and severely barbarized rendering of Athena Nikephoros seated left, derived from the coinage of Lysimachos. The figure of Athena is reduced to schematic linear forms, retaining only vestigial elements of the original Hellenistic composition. A trident symbol appears in the left exergue, a regional Pontic or Kolchian addition distinguishing this imitative series. The flanking legend, derived from the Greek BASILEOS LYSIMAXOY of the prototype, has fully degenerated into a series of irregular hash marks and geometric strokes in the fields. The exergual and field areas show the characteristic flat, irregular fabric of hand-struck barbarian gold coinage.
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Edge Plain
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Mintage ND (100 BC - 100 AD)
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