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1/2 Stater - Lysimachos Kolchis imitation
| Issuer | Bastarnae Celto-Scythians |
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| Year | 170 BC - 25 BC |
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| Value | 1/2 Stater = 10 Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised Celticised head of Herakles facing right, rendered in the characteristic Celtic abstract manner with the facial features dissolved into swirling pellet-and-comma motifs, radiating curvilinear lines representing the lion-skin headdress splaying dramatically across the field. The eye is depicted as a large concentric annulet with a central pellet, while the hair and mane are articulated through bold relief strokes terminating in pellets. A pellet within an annulet appears before the face in the right field, serving as a secondary decorative or symbolic device. The overall design reflects an advanced stage of Celtic artistic abstraction derived from the prototype staters of Lysimachos of Thrace. |
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| Reverse lettering | N |
| Edge | Plain |
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